(ANSA) – ROME, APRIL 26 – Employees of an Amazon warehouse in New York have started to vote to decide whether to join the Amazon Labor Union (Alu), the first union of the online sales giant created by Staten Island workers. The American media reported it. Employees have until April 29 to express their preference in a marquee set up for the occasion outside the warehouse, the results are expected on May 2. This sorting center is also located in the Staten Island neighborhood right in front of Jfk8, where at the end of March 55% of workers decided to create the first union in the history of the second largest employer in the United States after the giant. Walmart distribution. Christian Smalls, promoter and president of Alu, said he was confident about the vote. Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, two members of the left-most wing of the American Democratic Party, have gone in these hours to take their support for the union out of the warehouse.
“This battle is not just about Amazon on Staten Island,” Sanders said, noting that employees “are tired of sinking lower and lower as billionaires like Bezos get rich.” Amazon for its part has filed an appeal against the result of the vote accusing the organizers of having ‘intimidated’ the employees. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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