Workers at a facility in Staten Island, New York, were demanding to be sent home with pay after a fire.
Earlier, Amazon management reportedly placed hundreds of workers in the facility's cafeteria but did not immediately inform them if they would be going home or back to work.
"A lot of workers have been saying they need to send us home and with pay; some are saying that now is the time to strike," a night shift worker told journalist Jordan Chariton. "There's been lots of agitation and conversations talking about being exploited by the bosses and this is typicalThe action comes after workers at the Staten Island warehouse made history byAmazon had sought to overturn the vote, saying the union had acted improperly and has continued to resist unionization efforts at other facilities.