0458.json

{
    "id": 484,
    "date": "2021/10/25",
    "sources": [
        "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/amazon-workers-staten-island-file-union-election-rcna3745",
        "https://twitter.com/CDAW_National/status/1449913538919677954?t=1FloYuZc25cyobcFMYe7tw&s=19",
        "https://amazonlaborunion.org/",
        "https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvwkp/amazon-warehouse-workers-in-new-york-city-to-file-for-union-election"
    ],
    "actions": [
        "union drive"
    ],
    "struggles": [
        "working conditions",
        "pay and benefits",
        "job security"
    ],
    "employment_types": [
        "inhouse workers",
        "blue collar workers"
    ],
    "description": "More than 2,000 Amazon workers in Staten Island filed the petition to the NLRB to hold a union election. This effort, led by Chris Smalls and is called the Amazon labor Union. Smalls, a former employee, was fired after organizing a protest for lack of COVID protective gear and poor hazard pay. As an independent union, they hope to avoid Amazon\u2019s anti-union messaging targeted towards established unions. The Amazon Labor Union has begun a union drive. Its goals are to bring back variable compensation pay and stock options that Amazon removed in 2018. In response, Amazon questioned if there was a sufficient number of legitimate signatures from Amazon employees.  Amazon has also taken anti-union tactics, such as displaying anti-union messages in their facilities and bringing in anti-union consultants.",
    "online": null,
    "locations": [
        "staten island-new york city-new york-usa"
    ],
    "companies": [
        "amazon"
    ],
    "workers": 2001,
    "tags": [
        "coronavirus",
        "retaliation",
        "industry solidarity",
        "coworker solidarity"
    ],
    "author": [
        "wynniechan"
    ],
    "latlngs": [
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            -74.0727749
        ]
    ],
    "addresses": [
        "Amazon Court, Clifton, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, 10304, United States"
    ]
}