Amazon Workers Seek $30 an Hour

Amazon Workers Seek Raise in Union-Hostile North Carolina
When Amazon.com Inc. opened a warehouse in Garner, North Carolina, almost five years ago, Mary Hill was excited to snag a full-time job helping her neighbors get essentials during the Covid 19 lockdowns.
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“Three days later, Amazon mobilized an army,” said Marcela Duron, a stower. (Duron requested a pseudonym for fear of retaliation.) “Holding meetings, handing out pamphlets, all against CAUSE.”
Amazon Workers Seek $30 an Hour in North Carolina
Amazon employee organizers in Garner, N.C., won the right to hold an election this week to determine whether workers at the facility will be represented by an upstart union.
Union vote looms for Amazon workers in North Carolina
The National Labor Relations Board is overseeing the vote, with votes due to be counted Saturday. A win by CAUSE would be just the second Amazon facility to see a union win a representation vote. The Seattle-based company recently said it would close a warehouse in Canada after workers there voted to unionize in May 2024.
Amazon faces union vote at North Carolina warehouse
Amazon is facing its second workers’ union vote in as many months at a warehouse in suburban Raleigh this week.
Amazon Warehouse Workers Will Cast Union Votes This Week as They Fight for Higher Pay
Amazon (AMZN) workers at the e-commerce company’s Raleigh, N.C. warehouse are preparing to vote on whether to join the Carolina Amazonians
‘I am not a robot’: Amazon warehouse workers in Garner begin weeklong union election
Voting opened at 4 a.m. Monday morning in an election that will determine whether workers in Garner form the first Amazon warehouse union in the South after nearly three years of organizing. Workers will have until Saturday Feb.
Should Amazon Be Worried About Workers Vote to Join Union?
Amazon faces second union vote this year as employees in North Carolina face a ballot over pay, flexible hours and breaks. The post Should Amazon Be Worried About Workers Vote to Join Union? appeared first on Tech.
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