April 2 (Reuters) – The union that Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) employees lately voted to symbolize them has demanded the corporate begin bargaining in early Might and stop any modifications to employment phrases at their warehouse within the interim, in line with a letter the group issued Saturday on Twitter.
Employees stand in line to forged ballots for a union election at Amazon’s JFK8 distribution heart, within the Staten Island borough of New York Metropolis, U.S., March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid./File Picture
The Amazon Labor Union additionally demanded the retailer respect employees’ rights to union illustration throughout disciplinary conferences, the letter stated. Amazon didn’t instantly remark.
On Friday, after some 55% of employees voted to make their warehouse in Staten Island, New York Amazon’s first unionized worksite in america, the corporate stated it could file objections earlier than the election result’s licensed. learn extra
Reporting By Jeffrey Dastin in Palo Alto, California; Enhancing by Jacqueline Wong
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