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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.
By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D'INNOCENZIOAP Business Writers
NEW YORK — 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 ad
Amazon exercised all its might to fend off the organizing efforts.
After a New York Amazon fulfillment center became the first to unionize, the online retail giant is weighing its options as it moves forward.Workers from the JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island voted overwhelmingly to unionize, making…