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No Thanks: Amazon Workers In NY Vote Against Unionizing No Thanks: Amazon Workers In NY Vote Against Unionizing
No Thanks: Amazon Workers In NY Vote Against Unionizing Employees at an Amazon fulfillment center in upstate New York voted overwhelmingly against unionizing Tuesday, Oct. 18. Workers at the Rensselaer County warehouse, located on Highway 9 in Schodack, voted 406 to 206 against being represented by the newly formed Amazon Labor Union (ALU), according to News Channel 13 WNYT in Albany.  Earlier Report: 'Retaliation Fund': Schodack Amazon Workers Hoping To Unionize Start GoFundMe Results of the multi-day vote were counted at a National Labor Relations Board office and were finalized shortly before noon. Speaking with reporters after the vote, l…

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by Michael Mashburn
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'Retaliation Fund': NY Amazon Workers Hoping To Unionize Start GoFundMe 'Retaliation Fund': NY Amazon Workers Hoping To Unionize Start GoFundMe
'Retaliation Fund': NY Amazon Workers Hoping To Unionize Start GoFundMe This article has been updated to include a response from Amazon. Employees at an Amazon fulfillment center in New York who are trying to unionize have launched a GoFundMe campaign to combat what they describe as retaliation from management. Created by Unionize Amazon campaign manager Heather Goodall, it claims that workers at a warehouse in Rensselaer County, located on Highway 9 in Schodack, have been threatened, harassed, or fired since starting efforts with the Amazon Labor Union in June 2022. “The anti-union propaganda has been so aggressive that managers have started verbally attacki…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Amazon Workers At Massive NY Facility Become Company's First Unionized Warehouse Amazon Workers At Massive NY Facility Become Company's First Unionized Warehouse
Amazon Workers At Massive NY Facility Become Company's First Unionized Warehouse Workers at an Amazon warehouse in New York have made history in becoming the first in the company’s history to successfully form a union. In Staten Island, voters from the JFK8 fulfillment center easily voted to approve the measure, with the Amazon Labor Union winning 2,654 yes votes versus 2,131 no votes for the company. It represents the first group of Amazon employees to unionize in the company’s history - something Amazon has valiantly fought to avoid - though it may still look to overturn the result. Amazon has until Friday, April 8 to dispute the results of the vote. “(Amazon) wante…

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by Zak Failla