Amazon Labor Union Has Voted to Affiliate With the Teamsters
On June 17, members of Amazon Labor Union on Staten Island voted to affiliate with the Teamsters, creating a new NYC local. Campaigns for long-awaited union leadership elections are now underway.
Demonstrators during an Amazon Labor Union rally outside an Amazon warehouse in the Staten Island borough of New York, US, on April 11, 2023. (Paul Frangipane / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Amazon Labor Union members voted June 17 to affiliate with the Teamsters.
Workers cast 878 ballots at JFK8 Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island, New York. The tally broke down to 829 votes in favor of the affiliation and fourteen against it; ten ballots were spoiled.
Total turnout was 11 percent out of eight thousand workers. However, workers estimate the workforce has dipped to between five thousand and six thousand workers during the off-peak season.
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