The loss came on the heels of a landmark vote at a separate Amazon facility in Staten Island which formed the company's first-ever union in the United States.
The Amazon Labor Union , the worker-led organization started by former JFK8 employee Christian Smalls—fired after his organizing efforts—lamented that workers at a second Amazon facility weren't able to secure victory.Attorney Seth Goldstein, who represents ALU,they would contest the election and accused the retail giant of violating"laboratory conditions in this election with mandatory anti-union meetings and we've already got a whole series of charges against them.
"Each victory is all the more impressive because workers are fighting within a rigged system that gives corporations the power to union-bust with impunity. That has to change," he added. Mitchell urged Congress to take up the Protect the Right to Organize Act, which would strengthen worker protections on the job.
But whether or not lawmakers take up that proposal, Mitchell said that"workers will keep fighting, shop by shop and election by election, until they win.”
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