Amazon Employees in Staten Island Vote for a Union, Marking the Company's Workers' First Labor Victory
Photo: Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg via Getty Amazon employees in Staten Island decided to unionize on Friday, marking the first victory for the company’s warehouse workers at one of its U.S. facilities. Christian Smalls, a former employee of the giant retailer, first formed the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) after he was fired from the company in March 2020. During the onset of the pandemic, Smalls led a protest over the lack of workers' protections against COVID-19, which cost him his job....