
Amazon workers at New York warehouse could vote to form company's first US union
CNN
Amazon has gone 27 years without a US union, but a grassroots effort at a warehouse in New York could soon change that.
Amazon workers at a facility in Staten Island appeared to lean toward forming a union with a newly-established organization called Amazon Labor Union (ALU), based on the first day of public vote counting.
The vote count, which began Thursday and resumed Friday morning, has so far notched 1,518 votes in favor of unionizing and 1,154 votes against it. ALU is seeking to represent roughly 5,000 workers at the facility. It is unclear how many workers ultimately cast ballots.

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