NEW YORK (Washington Insider Magazine) – Amazon intends to submit challenges to the Staten Island, New York, union election, which resulted in the company’s first victorious U.S. organizing attempt.
In a court petition to the National Labor Relations Board that was made public on Thursday, the e-commerce behemoth announced its intentions. According to ABC NEWS, the business accused the Amazon Labor Union, a team of current and former Staff members who spearheaded the union movement, of intimidating warehouse employees to vote in support of the union drive, among other things. The assertions were “patently absurd,” according to Eric Milner, a counsel for the ALU.
Warehouse employees on Staten Island cast 2,654 votes in favor of forming a union, or nearly 55%, granting the fledgling group sufficient votes to win on Friday. The findings of the count will not be certified until federal labor regulators have processed any objections filed by both parties, which are due by April 8. The labor board accepted Amazon’s request for a 2-week delay. It has until Apr 22 to provide evidence to support its assertions.
The company had previously stated that it intended to dispute the results of the election based on a suit brought by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in March, which tried to compel Amazon to restore a dismissed staffer who was engaged in the union effort. Amazon also objected to the labor agency’s behavior “before and during the polling,” which the business claims tampered with the election, according to the document made public Thursday.
A labor battle is also escalating in Alabama, where another union election was held. The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which is attempting to unionize an Amazon facility in Bessemer, said Thursday that it has filed many concerns with the federal labor department over how Amazon handled itself throughout the election. The RWDSU claimed that the corporation fired and retaliated against the union members, among other things.
The RWDSU was defeated by 118 votes in the Alabama union election, with the significant majority of Amazon warehouse employees rejecting a proposal to create a union. With 416 remaining disputed ballots hanging in the balance, the ultimate decision is still up in the air. In the following weeks, a hearing to analyze the votes is likely to commence.
