After Initial Setback, Amazon Workers on Staten Island Refile for Union Election
This time, workers are trying to unionize just one warehouse, where they say they’ve gotten a majority of workers to sign union authorization cards.
Amir Khafagy · December 22, 2021

Amazon Labor Union members during a protest. | Conner Spence

Amir Khafagy is an award-winning freelance journalist based in New York City. His reporting has been featured in The New Republic, Vice… more
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