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January 28, 2022

Amazon Warehouse Workers in Staten Island Will Vote on Forming a Union
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Here in New York, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island will
vote on whether to unionize their workplace. The effort is being led by
Chris Smalls, who Amazon fired in March of 2020 after he organized a
wildcat strike demanding sanitized workspaces, protective masks and
COVID-19 tests for workers. The Staten Island workers will vote on
whether to join a grassroots worker group called the Amazon Labor Union,
which is unaffiliated with any national union.


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