Union comes up short in second Amazon union election in NY

Amazon workers with the independent Amazon Labor Union came up short in the vote count for the union election at the LDJ5 sorting center in Staten Island, New York, the second Amazon site in New York to hold a union election after the JFK8 warehouse victory on 1 April. 

1,633 workers at LDJ5 were eligible to vote in the union election, compared to over 8,000 workers who were eligible to vote in the JFK8 warehouse election. 618 workers voted against unionization, with 380 workers voting in favor. Two ballots were void due to no markings, with no challenged ballots. 

The union has expressed intent to challenge the election, citing unfair labor practices filed by the union with the NLRB over Amazon’s conduct through the election.

Amazon Labor Union @amazonlabor

The count has finished. The election has concluded without the union being recognized at LDJ5—sortation center on Staten Island. The organizing will continue at this facility and beyond. The fight has just begun. #ALU

6:37 PM ∙ May 2, 2022

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Teamsters @Teamsters

“The fight at Amazon continues. The only thing this greedy, abusive company won today is a guarantee that Amazon workers everywhere will not give up until they have a union." - Sean M. O’Brien, Teamsters General President, on LDJ5 vote. @amazonlabor #1u ✊

7:05 PM ∙ May 2, 2022

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Amazon aggressively opposed unionization efforts at both warehouses and have continued to try to appeal the first union election victory with the National Labor Relations Board. A hearing on Amazon’s objections to the JFK8 election is scheduled at a different NLRB regional office, as Amazon has accused the NLRB Brooklyn office of supporting the union. 

Mat Cusick, an organizer with the Amazon Labor Union and a current employee at Amazon DYY6, a delivery station near JFK8, explained the atmosphere outside of the LDJ5 sorting center ahead of the election was like a picnic party with Amazon workers and organizers, including free food, drinks, free COVID tests, a rolling library, and music, that Amazon’s security sought to repeatedly shut down. 

“Amazon is afraid of the truth. They're afraid of people having those conversations, they've been trying to shut down our operations and trying to keep it from turning into an atmosphere of conviviality, of social