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"I don't know the exact number, but below $7.50, to me, feels very wrong," Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in an interview with CNBC Squawk Box.

Earlier this month, an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York voted to unionize. The retailer has waged a lengthy anti-union campaign.

While UBS says it's "too early to declare pro unionization a trend," businesses are taking notice of high-profile worker wins at Amazon and Starbucks.

Union organizing efforts at companies such as Starbucks and Amazon has resulted in a larger push for unions at more progressive workplaces, outside of the typical factory and construction workforce.

Unionization is on the rise in the US, with the NLRB reporting that nion representation petitions filed at the NLRB have increased 57% when compared to the first half of fiscal year 2021.

An Amazon worker is claiming the company took away chairs for employees at an over-staffed facility, according to a viral TikTok.

The unionization of Amazon employees last week in New York could spark a larger movement to union workers, causing some business leaders to express concerns. 

A stunning upset in a union election on Staten Island had brought sudden exposure to the organizers and worker advocates who realized victory for the nascent...

Biden said the choice to join a union should belong to "workers alone" and called out Amazon while speaking to North America's Building Trade Unions.

>> today we made history. >> reporter: of the 4,800 ballots more than 2,600 were in favor of joining the amazon union formed by current and former employees led by christian smalls >> this moment is kind a revolution >> reporter: the company fired smalls in 2020 citing safety issues after he helped organize a walkout over what he says were insufficient covid precautions. what does this moment mean for you >> this moment means everything this means to these workers its possible if the odds are to...