Amazon said it plans to appeal the official certification of its workers attempts at unionization in New York by the federal government’s labor relations board.
Regional director Cornele Overstreet of the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) upheld an Amazon warehouse union’s victory in New York City in her decision on Jan. 11.
The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) celebrated the labor board director’s ruling in a tweet. “We’re ecstatic right now,” said ALU interim president Chris Smalls, stating that “this is very historic for workers.”
Smalls, who was fired by Amazon, was the union’s co-founder.
The e-commerce retailer attempted to overturn the ALU’s win at its JFK8 facility in Staten Island, New York back in April 2022….