The group, called Amazon Labor Union, is looking to organize workers across four company warehouses on Staten Island.
Summary
- A labor group seeking to organize Amazon warehouse workers on New York’s Staten Island has refiled a union petition with the National Labor Relations Board, the agency confirmed Wednesday.
- The group, known as the Amazon Labor Union, first filed its request for a union vote in late October with signatures from more than 2,000 employees.
- NLRB spokesperson Kayla Blado confirmed the Amazon Labor Union is in the process of submitting the paperwork to file for a union election.
- The Staten Island warehouses employ roughly 5,500 workers, according to Bloomberg.
- Amazon Labor Union said in a release Wednesday that it has “signed up thousands of Staten Island Amazon warehouse workers who want a union.”