Amazon Workers Reject Union in New York After Labor Victory at Separate Facility
May 3, 2022 | New York
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 0.18%▲ workers voted against unionizing at a facility on Staten Island, N.Y., a win for the company after a loss at another warehouse in the borough last month.
The National Labor Relations Board said 62% of workers who cast valid ballots from a location site named LDJ5 voted not to form a union. The count was 618 to 380 against unionization, the NLRB said. The results Monday dealt a blow to organizers who hoped to build on their success from an April election, where workers at a warehouse named JFK8, Amazon’s largest on Staten Island, voted to establish the first U.S. union inside the e-commerce giant.
An Amazon spokeswoman said the company is “glad that our team at LDJ5 were able to have their voices heard. We look forward to continuing to work directly together as we strive to make every day better for our employees.”… (Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal)
