Two years after clenching a historic victory at a warehouse in New York City, the first labor union for Amazon workers in the United States is divided...
in the United States is divided, running out of money and fighting over an election that could determine who will lead the group in the near future.
In January, months after the splinter group called A.L.U. Democratic Reform Caucus filed its lawsuit, the union agreed to a court-brokered plan to allow rank-and-file members to vote on whether to hold an election for a slate of new officers. For five days that ended in early March, tables with ballots were set up outside the doors of the massive Staten Island warehouse. Smalls and other union leaders campaigned against the election, but the vote didn’t go their way.
Schwartz, the attorney for the dissidents, called the union’s legal claims “totally baseless,” arguing that the constitution at issue was imposed by Smalls – without a vote - in late 2022. He noted that the neutral monitor overseeing the implementation of the court-brokered plan - labor attorney Richard Levy - has scheduled candidate nomination meetings for May, which could allow an internal election to be held as early as June 11.
“We need someone that is here. We need a contract and we need to organize the building,” Valentin Nieves said. “If we’re not able to do this, it’s going to have a domino effect, and a lot of Amazon workers are going to lose hope.” Former President Donald Trump raked in tons of campaign cash at a weekend Palm Beach fundraiser. His ultra wealthy donors should know better, writes Dean Obeidallah.Howard Kurtz hit Karoline Leavitt with a question about the former president likening himself to the late South African leader.
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