Angelika Maldonado is the chair of the Amazon Labor Union's Workers Committee.

04.24.2022

• Christian Smalls
• Angelika Maldonado
• Michelle Valentin Nieves

The Workers Behind Amazon’s Historic First Union Explain How They Did It

Staten Island Amazon workers endured thunderstorms, racism, and arrests to organize in break rooms, bus stops, and grocery aisles to win their union — and one of the world’s most powerful companies couldn’t stop them. Here’s how they did it.

04.02.2022

• Angelika Maldonado

Here’s How We Beat Amazon

Amazon workers in Staten Island have achieved the most important labor victory in the United States since the 1930s. Here’s an inside account of how they did it.