Second Amazon warehouse in Staten Island sets union election date

CNBC reported that a second Amazon warehouse in New York will vote on forming a union. The LDJ5 facility will vote on whether to join the Amazon Labor Union on April 25th and last until May 2nd. A Staten Island Amazon warehouse is set to hold a union election next week.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is refereeing the battle between unions and Amazon warehouse workers on one side and the National Labor Relations Board on the other side. The National Labor Relations Board ordered a re-run of a union election held at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama after determining that the tech giant interfered in the vote. The votes for that election will be counted on March 28th.

The National Labor Relations Board has sued Amazon over the firing of an employee who the agency believes was retaliated against for his activism. The ALU said that a federal judge complied with the request of the National Labor Relations Board to issue an injunction and that Bryson's employment at Amazon appears to have been restored.

Staten Island workers have accused Amazon of targeting workers involved in the union. The NYPD arrested three labor organizers at the JFK8 facility, including ALU president Chris Smalls, after an Amazon manager complained that they were not welcome.