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Workers at an Amazon warehouse in New York’s Staten Island voted to unionize last Friday, a first in the retail giant’s history after an effort failed in Alabama. Organizers in New York say they reached workers by making TikTok videos and holding cookouts.

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 Amazon Labor Union, which is now preparing to negotiate for a labor contract. But experts say Amazon will likely drag its feet.

Outmatched financially, organizers relied on their ability to reach workers personally by making TikTok videos, giving out free marijuana and holding cookouts.

When a scrappy group of former and current warehouse workers on Staten Island, New York went head-to-head with Amazon in a union election, many compared it to a David and Goliath battle. David won. And the stunning upset on Friday brought sudden exposure to the organizers and worker advocates who realized victory for the nascent…

Workers at Bessemer, Ala., warehouse reject unionization for second time

One labor and employment observer said the New York vote was "shocking," since Amazon workers there had no support from an established union.

Amazon workers in Alabama appear to have rejected a union bid in a tight race, according to early results on Thursday. But outstanding challenged votes could change the outcome. In New York, union supporters have the edge in a count that will continue Friday morning. Warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 993 to 875 against…

While the ALU claims to be independent, its orientation is to the trade union apparatus, a section of which sees such initiatives as a means to somehow revive support for thoroughly discredited organizations.

After the first day of vote counting, a campaign to unionize workers at one of Amazon's Staten Island, New York, sites is in the lead.

Amazon workers in Alabama appear to have rejected a union bid in a tight race, according to early results on Thursday. But outstanding challenged votes could change the outcome.