The fight is far from over.
Another key difference between the successful drive in Staten Island and the thus far unsuccessful union drive in Bessemer, Alabama: ALU was independent, and the Bessemer organizing efforts were done in coordination with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union , an 85-year-old labor union that already represents thousands of workers. The Amazon Labor Union is an independent organization, not affiliated with any established union.
Unlike Alabama, New York has a strong union tradition that many of the workers were likely familiar with, said James Williams, Jr., general president of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades . “When you break that [Amazon] armor, you’re going to break it in places where there’s union density,” Williams, Jr. said.
But even the ALU organizers found themselves trying to dispel misconceptions about unions, Bryson said. He asked one co-worker who was dead-set against unionizing what they knew about unions. The response? “I know they killed Jimmy Hoffa,” Bryson was told. “That wasn’t the answer I was expecting,” Bryson laughed.say they have Amazon workers in more than a dozen states who want to organize as well.
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