The New York Times has reported that Amazon has fired more than a half dozen senior managers who worked at JFK8 in Staten Island, New York, which successfully unionized in April. Four anonymous former and current employees told the publication that senior managers were told they were being fired on Thursday. According to the report, people familiar with the events said it was seen by the fired managers and others at the warehouse as a result of the historic win at JFK8 to form the Amazon Labor Union. Two people told the New York Times that Amazon made changes to management after it spent weeks reviewing its operations and leadership. Part of the culture at Amazon is to continually improve, and we believe it is important to take time to review whether or not we are doing the best we can for our team.
Less than a week ago, Amazon workers at another Staten Island warehouse voted against unionizing. A majority of Amazon workers voted against the attempts to organize.
The election ended without the union being recognized at the sorting center on Staten Island, the union said in a statement. The organizing will continue at this facility. The fight has begun.
JFK8 was the first Amazon warehouse in the US to unionize, so it was expected that the LDJ5 sorting center in Staten Island would do the same.
Amazon workers who supported the unionization complained of low pay, insufficient health and safety protocols, and high performance targets.
The Amazon Labor Union attended a Senate Budget Committee hearing and met with US president Joe Biden and secretary of labor Marty Walsh on Thursday to speak about the opposition tactics allegedly facing unions. Even though we did everything right and won our election, Amazon is allowed to break the law. It feels like these corporations have the upper hand in the process, according to Christian Smalls.
Insider was not able to get in touch with Amazon.
Keep reading.
More:
Amazon Union Amazon Union BI Weekend UK
All Rights Reserved © 2024
