{"id":385017,"date":"2021-12-23T19:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/amazon-workers-in-staten-island-walk-out-during-holiday-rush\/"},"modified":"2021-12-23T19:10:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T16:10:00","slug":"amazon-workers-in-staten-island-walk-out-during-holiday-rush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-workers-in-staten-island-walk-out-during-holiday-rush\/","title":{"rendered":"#Amazon workers in Staten Island walk out during holiday rush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Amazon workers in Staten Island walk out during holiday rush<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island revived their push for union representation and staged a walkout on Wednesday in protest of what they said are unfair labor practices during the breakneck holiday shipping rush.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Workers at four Staten Island facilites staged a \u201clunchtime walkout,\u201d slamming \u201cunfair labor practices committed by Amazon\u201d including illegal interference with union organizing, according to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amazonlabor\/status\/1473770405852766216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1473770405852766216%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/12\/22\/22850880\/amazon-workers-staten-island-refile-union-petition\">statement<\/a> from activists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Union organizers also filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board, NLRB spokesperson Kayla Blado told The Post on Thursday. If the NLRB verifies that at least 30 percent of eligible workers signed the petition, it will move forward and schedule a union election, Blado said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A video shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> by organizer Christian Smalls showed organizers distributing flyers promoting the walkout and gathering food to distribute to employees. Workers also rallied in Times Square on Wednesday night, according to videos shared by organizers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the organizing effort or walkout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The moves come amid increased scrutiny of how Amazon treats its employees and contractors. During deadly tornadoes in Illinois earlier this month, one Amazon delivery worker was reportedly ordered to \u201ckeep driving\u201d despite hearing sirens warning of an impending twister. Six people were also killed when a tornado struck an Amazon warehouse during the same bout of storms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Researchers have shown that Amazon workers and delivery drivers are far more likely to be injured on the job than employees of competitors like Walmart and UPS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/amazon-strike-staten-island-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Amazon rally\" class=\"wp-image-20591306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/amazon-strike-staten-island-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/amazon-strike-staten-island-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/amazon-strike-staten-island-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Amazon workers staged a rally in Times Square on Wednesday night.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ahmed Gaber\/REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wednesday is not the first time that Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island have pushed for a union. In October, more than 2,000 workers from four warehouses signed a union petition and called for higher wages, safer working conditions and more paid time off among other demands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But in November, organizers withdrew that petition after the NLRB said they hadn\u2019t met the threshold of 30 percent of eligible employees to qualify for a union election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to prevent the union petition falling flat this time around, organizers are focusing on a single warehouse rather than all four Staten Island facilities, Smalls <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/22\/business\/amazon-union-staten-island.html\">told The New York Times<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/amazon-strike-staten-island-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Amazon walkout\" class=\"wp-image-20591309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/amazon-strike-staten-island-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/amazon-strike-staten-island-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/amazon-strike-staten-island-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>If 30 percent of eligible workers signed the petition, a union election will be held, according to the NLRB. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ahmed Gaber\/REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elsewhere in Jeff Bezos\u2019 empire, workers at an Amazon facility in Alabama voted against forming a union this April. 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