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Amazon workers in New York celebrate historic unionisation victory
‘We want to thank Jeff Bezos for going to space because while he was up there, we were organising a union,’ Amazon Labour Union founder Chris Smalls says
Staten Island based Amazon.com Inc. distribution center union organizer Chris Smalls celebrates with champagne after getting the voting results to unionize the Amazon warehouse on Staten Island, N.Y., Friday, April 1, 2022,
AMAZON workers at the Staten Island warehouse in New York State celebrated a historic victory on Friday as it became the first in the company’s 28-year history to win trade union recognition.
Cheers of elation erupted as the final result was announced with workers voting 2,654 votes to 2,131 in favour of the Amazon Labour Union (ALU).
“We want to thank Jeff Bezos for going to space because while he was up there we were organising a union,” its founder Chris Smalls told the media pack.
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