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Amazon Workers Affiliate with the Teamsters, Next Up Electing Top Officers
Teamsters from New York’s Locals 804 and 272 leafletted Staten Island Amazon workers, advocating affiliation. ALU members voted for their union to affiliate with the Teamsters in results announced at midnight on Monday. Photo: Matt Leichenger.
https://labornotes.org/2024/06/amazon-workers-affiliate-teamsters-next-electing-top-officers
June 18, 2024 / Luis Feliz Leon
Amazon Labor Union members voted June 17 to affiliate with the Teamsters.
Workers cast 878 ballots at JFK8 Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island, N.Y. The tally broke down to 829 votes in favor of the affiliation and 14 against it; 10 ballots were spoiled.
Total turnout was 11 percent out of 8,000 workers. However, workers estimate the workforce has dipped to between 5,000 and 6,000 workers during the off-peak season.
A Teamsters statement said the union will now “represent the roughly 5,500 Amazon warehouse workers.” Turnout works out to 16 percent based on that number.
FULL story at link above.