{"id":1864456,"date":"2026-04-03T16:11:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1864456"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:11:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:11:49","slug":"trump-labor-board-tells-amazon-to-negotiate-with-staten-island-warehouse-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1864456","title":{"rendered":"Trump labor board tells Amazon to negotiate with Staten Island warehouse union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/GdxQHEOvIkHCHix2xrHT0Q&#8211;\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD03NDU-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2026-04\/b7a92230-2f75-11f1-a3ee-4fc3713b023a&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"article-b1327f3f-ab96-4e58-b0a8-ab8c3bb02287\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mx-auto md:px-10 md:max-w-[1220px]\">\n<nav class=\"prestige-breadcrumb relative mx-4 md:mx-0\" aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<ol class=\"no-scrollbar overflow-scroll whitespace-nowrap text-battleship\">\n<li class=\"inline\">\n<li class=\"inline-block cursor-default last:pr-10 md:last:pr-20 font-bold\">Big tech<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<header class=\"mb-4 px-4 md:mb-6 md:px-0\">\n<h1 class=\"layout-h1 my-2 font-bold leading-tight\">Trump labor board tells Amazon to negotiate with Staten Island warehouse union<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"my-2 text-[18px] font-light leading-5 md:max-w-[660px] md:text-[20px]\/[28px]\">This is the latest chapter in a multiyear standoff, and the whole thing is likely headed to court.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"flex-col items-start lg:flex lg:flex-row lg:items-center lg:justify-between mt-6\">\n<div class=\"relative md:mr-[10px]\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n<div class=\"flex mr-2\">\n<div class=\"shrink-0 cursor-pointer inline-block size-[42px] lg:size-[48px]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt role=\"img\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full rounded-full object-cover object-center shadow-[0_0_0_2px_#ffffff]\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/TcQCYKuJU_9Vi2dogRUGcg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTgwO2g9ODA-\/https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2023-04%2Fbe2dabc0-dee3-11ed-af74-cc21123945d3&amp;compress=1&amp;progressive=1&amp;quality=75&amp;client=hawkeye&amp;signature=b1b4a88b5678acf357d4ca80e15ee9cff64e9455\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-block\">\n<div class=\"w-max text-sm\/5 font-semibold lg:!flex flex items-center\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col\">\n<div class=\"flex w-max items-center\">Lawrence Bonk<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"font-normal sm:before:inline-block\">Contributing Reporter<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lg:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-xs text-dolphin dark:text-shark md:text-sm\/5 pt-4\">\n<div class=\"inline-block\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-03T16:11:49.000Z\">Fri, April 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM UTC<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ml-0 mt-4 flex items-center lg:ml-3 lg:mt-0\">\n<div class=\"ml-0 mr-2\">\n<div class=\"relative flex\">Add Engadget on Google<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden lg:block\">\n<div class=\"text-xs text-dolphin dark:text-shark md:text-sm\/5 pt-4\">\n<div class=\"inline-block\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-03T16:11:49.000Z\">Fri, April 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM UTC<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 gap-x-8 lg:gap-x-0 mx-auto md:px-10 md:max-w-[1220px] md:grid-cols-[[main-start]_1fr_[main-end_right-start]_min-content_[right-end]] lg:!gap-x-8\">\n<div class=\"md:col-main\" data-i13n-boundary=\"true\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-[[fullbleed-start_body-start]_minmax(auto,750px)_[body-end_fullbleed-end]]\">\n<figure class=\"relative col-body mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden fig-image-round left-1\/2 w-screen -translate-x-1\/2 md:left-0 md:w-auto md:translate-x-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt class=\"object-cover object-center\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/knxL8YDeQ7S2v.M1biN1bA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD03NzE-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2026-04\/b7a92230-2f75-11f1-a3ee-4fc3713b023a\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-[0.875rem]\/[1.25rem] figure-caption mt-1 line-clamp-2 mt-2.5 md:mt-2 pr-2.5\">\n<div><span>SOPA Images via Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:grid-cols-article lg:max-w-[750px] drop-cap\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The Trump administration&#8217;s labor board has ordered Amazon to recognize and bargain with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union, which represents workers at a warehouse in Staten Island. This is just the latest chapter in a multiyear standoff between Staten Island warehouse workers and Amazon, <ins>according to a report by <\/ins><em><ins>The Washington Post<\/ins><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The union has been trying to bring Amazon to the bargaining table for years to negotiate pay, benefits and workplace safety. The labor board&#8217;s proclamation doesn&#8217;t mean that the battle is over. It&#8217;s highly likely this will be settled in court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">An Amazon spokesperson maintains that the vote to create the union was &#8220;wrong on the facts of the law&#8221; and that representatives from the National Labor Relations Board &#8220;improperly influenced the election.&#8221; The company recently stated it is &#8220;confident an unbiased court will overturn the original certification.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Despite the eventual outcome, Teamsters President Sean O\u2019Brien is lauding the Staten Island workers for becoming &#8220;the first group ever to force the company to recognize their union.&#8221; Workers at the facility <ins>voted to unionize in 2022<\/ins> and this was the first union victory for Amazon employees in the US.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_nd97b4ilfeiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body mb-4 hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_17d97b4ilfeiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">It was considered a milestone victory for US workers across the board, given that Amazon is the <ins>country&#8217;s second-largest employer<\/ins>. That was four years ago and led to a contracted legal battle, as Amazon has refused to recognize the union. Since that original vote, the labor board has repeatedly found that Amazon violated workers\u2019 union rights at the Staten Island warehouse. For instance, the company didn&#8217;t pay employees when they were forced to stop working <ins>due to a warehouse fire<\/ins> at the tail-end of 2022 and suspended 50 employees for staging a walkout due to unsafe work conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">There were also several harrowing incidents leading up to the union vote. It&#8217;s been reported that the company illegally fired <ins>multiple Staten Island warehouse workers<\/ins> during the <ins>Covid pandemic<\/ins>. The NY Attorney General also <ins>found safety conditions<\/ins> at the warehouse to be &#8220;inadequate.&#8221; A recent study <ins>echoes that sentiment<\/ins>, calling out the Staten Island warehouse for dangerous working conditions. The report says that there are 7.2 serious injuries for every 100 workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Other US-based Amazon warehouses have yet to follow suit and unionize like Staten Island, but the same isn&#8217;t true in Canada. Workers at a warehouse in Quebec <ins>voted to form a union back<\/ins> in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"hidden flex-none md:block col-right\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full flex-col flex-nowrap\">\n<div class=\"flex-auto\">\n<div class=\"sticky flex flex-none\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_1pp7b4ilfeiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"md:col-main grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:grid-cols-article lg:max-w-[750px]\">\n<div class=\"no-scrollbar col-body mx-4 mb-8 mt-2.5 overflow-x-scroll whitespace-nowrap md:mx-0 md:max-w-[750px] md:overflow-x-visible\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto max-w-screen-sm\">\n<ul class=\"inline-flex text-xs md:text-sm\">\n<li class=\"mr-6\">About our ads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:grid-cols-article lg:max-w-[750px] drop-cap\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The Trump administration&#8217;s labor board has ordered Amazon to recognize and bargain with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union, which represents workers at a warehouse in Staten Island. This is just the latest chapter in a multiyear standoff between Staten Island warehouse workers and Amazon, <ins>according to a report by <\/ins><em><ins>The Washington Post<\/ins><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The union has been trying to bring Amazon to the bargaining table for years to negotiate pay, benefits and workplace safety. The labor board&#8217;s proclamation doesn&#8217;t mean that the battle is over. It&#8217;s highly likely this will be settled in court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">An Amazon spokesperson maintains that the vote to create the union was &#8220;wrong on the facts of the law&#8221; and that representatives from the National Labor Relations Board &#8220;improperly influenced the election.&#8221; The company recently stated it is &#8220;confident an unbiased court will overturn the original certification.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Despite the eventual outcome, Teamsters President Sean O\u2019Brien is lauding the Staten Island workers for becoming &#8220;the first group ever to force the company to recognize their union.&#8221; Workers at the facility <ins>voted to unionize in 2022<\/ins> and this was the first union victory for Amazon employees in the US.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_nd97b4ilfeiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body mb-4 hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_17d97b4ilfeiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">It was considered a milestone victory for US workers across the board, given that Amazon is the <ins>country&#8217;s second-largest employer<\/ins>. That was four years ago and led to a contracted legal battle, as Amazon has refused to recognize the union. Since that original vote, the labor board has repeatedly found that Amazon violated workers\u2019 union rights at the Staten Island warehouse. For instance, the company didn&#8217;t pay employees when they were forced to stop working <ins>due to a warehouse fire<\/ins> at the tail-end of 2022 and suspended 50 employees for staging a walkout due to unsafe work conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">There were also several harrowing incidents leading up to the union vote. It&#8217;s been reported that the company illegally fired <ins>multiple Staten Island warehouse workers<\/ins> during the <ins>Covid pandemic<\/ins>. The NY Attorney General also <ins>found safety conditions<\/ins> at the warehouse to be &#8220;inadequate.&#8221; A recent study <ins>echoes that sentiment<\/ins>, calling out the Staten Island warehouse for dangerous working conditions. The report says that there are 7.2 serious injuries for every 100 workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Other US-based Amazon warehouses have yet to follow suit and unionize like Staten Island, but the same isn&#8217;t true in Canada. Workers at a warehouse in Quebec <ins>voted to form a union back<\/ins> in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/big-tech\/trump-labor-board-tells-amazon-to-negotiate-with-staten-island-warehouse-union-161149065.html&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/GdxQHEOvIkHCHix2xrHT0Q&#8211;\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD03NDU-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2026-04\/b7a92230-2f75-11f1-a3ee-4fc3713b023a&#8221;] Big tech Trump labor board tells Amazon to negotiate with Staten Island warehouse union This is the latest chapter in a multiyear standoff, and the whole thing is likely headed to court. 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