Union lawyers say there could be even broader ramifications for workers across the country if Amazon appeals the National Labor Relations Board's decision to the federal courts — and it winds up before the conservative U.S. Supreme Court.
Mary Altaffer/AP/ShutterstockThe proceeding — an administrative hearing conducted by the National Labor Relations Board — has so far allowed Amazon to punt any contract negotiations with the nascent"These objections are insulting to the workers of JFK8," said ALU President Chris Smalls"[They] survived the pandemic and defeated a trillion-dollar company just to see Amazon use their highly-paid lawyers to try to silence the voices of thousands of workers.
“This is part of a broad attack on American workers and on the American labor movement,” said Seth Goldstein, an attorney for the Amazon Labor Union, who warned an appeal to federal courts could further erode protections established by the National Labor Relations Act. “It’s already a weak law. They can further weaken it.”
But the company also argued that the regional NLRB office, which oversees workplaces in Brooklyn, Staten Island and Long Island, tipped the scales in favor of workers, in a number of ways. Goldstein said he views that argument as a pretext to challenge the NLRB’s authority in further appeals. Though the board denies Amazon’s allegations, it transferred the case to an administrative judge in Phoenix, Arizona.
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