Amazon union election in Albany to begin in October

Amazon volition look a national predetermination astatine 1 of its warehouses successful upstate New York adjacent month, the institution confirmed to CNBC.

Employees astatine the warehouse, which is located successful the municipality of Schodack, southeast of Albany, New York, volition formed their ballots betwixt Oct. 12 and 17, Amazon said.

A radical of workers astatine the facility, known arsenic ALB1, last month filed a petition for a national vote. They're seeking to beryllium represented by the Amazon Labor Union, a grassroots radical of existent and erstwhile employees that successfully unionized 1 of Amazon's Staten Island warehouses, known arsenic JFK8.

The National Labor Relations Board successful precocious August determined employees had met the requirements to clasp a national predetermination astatine the Albany warehouse. Unions are eligible to clasp an predetermination aft they've collected signatures of enactment from astatine slightest 30% of workers.

Amazon spokesperson Paul Flaningan said the institution remains skeptical that determination are capable "legitimate signatures" to determination guardant with an election, but that it supports employees' close "to person their voices heard, and we anticipation and expect this process allows for that."

Union organizer Heather Goodall confirmed an predetermination would beryllium held astatine the installation adjacent month. Kayla Blado, a spokesperson for the NLRB, said the predetermination dates haven't been finalized by the determination bureau yet.

The Albany predetermination volition trial whether the ALU tin replicate its triumph connected Staten Island. The ALU faced an aboriginal setback successful May erstwhile workers astatine a adjacent installation rejected joining a union.

In caller months, the ALU has been locked successful ineligible disputes with Amazon implicit the results of the JFK8 vote. Amazon has argued the results should beryllium thrown out, alleging the national and the NLRB engaged successful misconduct that tainted the predetermination process.

Earlier this month, an NLRB authoritative recommended Amazon's objections should beryllium dismissed, and the results should beryllium upheld. Amazon has until Friday to entreaty the official's recommendations.

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