Amazon Workers At Ldj5 Factory In Staten Island, New York Voted 618 Against Vs. 380 Against The Organization Of Amazon Union (ALU) The Factory Has A Total Of About 1600 Workers, And The Voting Began Last Week. The Voting Of Ldj5 Is A Long Way. In October 2021, ALU Applied To The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) To Hold Elections At Four Facilities On Staten Island, Including Sorting Centers.
However, In Order To Ensure That It Has Sufficient Interests To Show, The Union Resubmitted The Petition, Including Only Jfk8 Facilities. In February, ALU Submitted A New Petition To Hold Elections For Ldj5, Which Was Approved In March. The Following Month, ALU Won A Historic Victory, And The Workers Of Jfk8 Facilities Finally Voted 2654 To 2131 In Favor Of The Establishment Of A Trade Union.
Ldj5's Unionization Struggle May Not End Here. At Another Amazon Factory In Bessemar, Alabama, The Retail, Wholesale And Department Store Unions Successfully Lobbied NLRB (responsible For Monitoring The Vote) To Hold Another Vote, Saying Amazon Had Intervened. Although The Number Of Votes Counted In The Redo Marks The Union's Defeat, The Large Number Of Controversial Votes Means That Everything Is Still Inconclusive. Rwdsu Has Filed A Complaint Accusing Amazon Of Interfering With Bessemar's Second Vote.
After The Vote Count, ALU Posted On Twitter That It Would Continue To Organize In The Factory And Elsewhere. As Long As The Election Results Are Not Overturned, It Still Needs To Negotiate With Amazon On The Contract Of Jfk8 Workers. This Process May Take Several Months And May Require The Support Of Labor From The Plant.
Alu's Lawyer Wrote In A Statement Providing Vice That Its Organization "will Certainly Object To The Election". He Continued To Point Out That Amazon "violated Laboratory Conditions In This Election And Held A Mandatory Anti Union Meeting", Which Is A Practice That NLRB Has Been Seeking To End.
In A Statement Sent To The Verge, Amazon Spokesman Kelly Nantel Said The Company Was "pleased That Ldj5's Team Was Able To Make Their Voice Heard".