Amazon Labor Union says it has NLRB go-ahead for second NYC election

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The workers at the Staten Island LDJ5 warehouse filed a petition to unionize in February, according to the Amazon Labor Union. According to a message sent to employees through the A to Z app, Amazon has acknowledged the decision.

In October, the ALU filed a petition to unionize Amazon's facilities on Staten Island, but later refiled that petition to focus on a single warehouse. Workers at JFK8 have been given the go-ahead to hold an election on March 25th. After the ALU filed a petition for LDJ5 the NLRB said it would confirm it and proceed with a union election.

Here's confirmation message that Amazon just texted to its workers in Staten Island with Amazon's typical rhetoric about what unions can't do. pic.twitter.com/cc3lKv09au

— Lauren Kaori Gurley (@LaurenKGurley) March 3, 2022

A person from the National Labor Relations Board could not confirm that the approval had been granted. The ALU claims it received approval. The next step will be an NLRB hearing after which the dates for the election will be decided.

The National Labor Relations Board has accused Amazon of threatening, surveilled, and interrogation workers in New York.

Two other Amazon facilities are involved in union elections. After the National Labor Relations Board decided that Amazon had interfered with the first election, the facility in Alabama held a redo. The election officials for the union drive are going to start counting votes on March 28th. The original election had a vote of 1,798 to 738 in Amazon's favor.