Amazon plans to object to union victory in New York
by Mitchell Clark from The Verge - All Posts on (#5XYRN)
The company isn't letting workers organize without a fight. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is planning to object to the results of the election where workers at a New York warehouse voted to organize with the Amazon Labor Union, according to a deadline extension request the company filed with the National Labor Relations Board (or NLRB). In the document, which you can read in full below, Amazon says that it's gathering evidence to show that the union threatened employees to coerce them into voting yes," electioneered and interfered with employees waiting in line to vote," and threatened immigrants with the loss of benefits if they did not vote."
Amazon hasn't yet filed its final, official objections, according to Kayla Blado, a spokesperson for the NLRB. It will have until 11:59PM ET on Friday to do so, though the...