{"id":440840,"date":"2022-05-02T21:51:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T18:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/second-amazon-union-vote-in-nyc-fails-despite-aoc-sanders-support\/"},"modified":"2022-05-02T21:51:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T18:51:53","slug":"second-amazon-union-vote-in-nyc-fails-despite-aoc-sanders-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/second-amazon-union-vote-in-nyc-fails-despite-aoc-sanders-support\/","title":{"rendered":"#Second Amazon union vote in NYC fails despite AOC, Sanders support"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a305744357aa\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a305744357aa\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/second-amazon-union-vote-in-nyc-fails-despite-aoc-sanders-support\/#%E2%80%9CSecond_Amazon_union_vote_in_NYC_fails_despite_AOC_Sanders_support%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Second Amazon union vote in NYC fails despite AOC, Sanders support&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSecond_Amazon_union_vote_in_NYC_fails_despite_AOC_Sanders_support%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Second Amazon union vote in NYC fails despite AOC, Sanders support&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>An effort to unionize a second New York City Amazon facility failed<strong> <\/strong>on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The vote count stood at 380 in favor of unionization and 618 against it, according to a National Labor Relations Board tally. The Staten Island facility, codenamed LDJ5, employs about 1,600 people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The result is a tough setback for the Amazon Labor Union, an upstart labor group that won a resounding victory at a larger Staten Island Amazon facility in April. That facility\u2019s roughly 8,300 workers are set to be the first unionized Amazon employees in the country \u2014 although Amazon has vowed to fight the result of the election through an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eal with the National Labor Relations Board.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Amazon Labor Union, which is led by ex-employee Chris Smalls, nonetheless vowed to keep organizing. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/LDJ5-Amazon-facility-99-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Amazon LDJ5\" class=\"wp-image-22111386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/LDJ5-Amazon-facility-99-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/LDJ5-Amazon-facility-99-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/LDJ5-Amazon-facility-99-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Amazon\u2019s LDJ5 facility employs about 1,500 people. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/LDJ5-Amazon-facility-00.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Amazon\" class=\"wp-image-22111405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/LDJ5-Amazon-facility-00.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/LDJ5-Amazon-facility-00.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/LDJ5-Amazon-facility-00.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Amazon is trying to fight off labor organizers. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe organizing will continue at this facility and beyond,\u201d the group <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amazonlabor\/status\/1521197310708961286\">wrote<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>. \u201cThe fight has just begun.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Also on Monday, the NLRB revealed it would transfer the appeal of the JFK8 vote to a NLRB office in Arizona after Amazon successfully argued that the agency\u2019s Brooklyn office appeared to be biased in favor of the union organizers. In the coming weeks, the Arizona NLRB office will decide whether to certify the Amazon Labor Union\u2019s victory or order a new vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Progressives including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) had rallied with union activists in Staten Island ahead of the LDJ5 vote, with Sanders accusing the company of creating \u201chorrible working conditions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/LDJ5-Amazon-facility-03.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bernie Sanders\" class=\"wp-image-22111392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/LDJ5-Amazon-facility-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/LDJ5-Amazon-facility-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/LDJ5-Amazon-facility-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cI say to Jeff Bezos, who owns a $500 million yacht \u2014 I say, \u2018Jeff, when you\u2019re out on your yacht, I want you to think about the workers,\u2019\u201d Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said ahead of the vote. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corbis via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI say to Jeff Bezos, who owns a $500 million yacht \u2014 I say, \u2018Jeff, when you\u2019re out on your yacht, I want you to think about the workers,\u2019\u201d Sanders said at an April rally. \u201cThey want housing that is affordable. They want to be able to put away a few bucks to send their kids to college.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Amazon Labor Union did not immediately respond to a request for further comment. <\/p>\n<p>Amazon declined to immediately comment but has vociferously opposed union efforts in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the outcome of a separate Amazon union vote in Bessemer, Ala. is hanging in the balance as the NLRB decides how to handle\u00a0416 votes\u00a0have been contested by Amazon and the union spearheading that campaign, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Lisa Fickenscher<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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