Amazon Workers on Staten Island , Vote To Unionize.<br />'The New York Times' reports that on April 1, Amazon workers on Staten Island voted to establish the company's first U.S. union.<br />'The New York Times' reports that on April 1, Amazon workers on Staten Island voted to establish the company's first U.S. union.<br />2,654 voted to <br />unionize, while <br />2,131 were against it.<br />Over 8,000 employees were <br />eligible to vote.<br />The workers will now be represented by the <br />Amazon Labor Union, formed by former Amazon employee Christian Smalls after being fired from the company.<br />Organizers are demanding higher pay, <br />paid sick leave, extended breaks, paid time <br />off for injuries sustained at work and more.<br />NPR reports that the warehouse was only the second Amazon facility to vote on unionizing. .<br />The first was in Bessemer, Alabama, but the vote was invalidated by the National Labor Relations Board after it concluded Amazon interfered in the election.<br />The first was in Bessemer, Alabama, but the vote was invalidated by the National Labor Relations Board after it concluded Amazon interfered in the election.<br />NPR reports that the Bessemer warehouse has since voted again, .<br />but the results were too close to determine an outcome, prompting a hearing which will be held in the coming weeks
