Amazon Labor Union

Amazon Labor Union
FormationApril 20, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-04-20)
TypeLabor union
PurposeOrganized labor for Amazon workers
Location
President
Connor Spence
Vice President
Brima Sylla
Secretary-Treasurer
Kathleen Cole
Recording-Secretary
Sultana Hossain
AffiliationsTeamsters union
Websitewww.amazonlaborunion.org

The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) is a labor union specifically for Amazon workers, created on April 20, 2021.[1] On April 1, 2022, the Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, JFK8, backed by the ALU became the first unionized Amazon workers recognized by the National Labor Relations Board.[2] In June 2024 the union became affiliated with Teamsters.[3]

  1. ^ Greenhouse, Steven (June 4, 2021). "Amazon fired him – now he's trying to unionize 5,000 workers in New York". The Guardian. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  2. ^ O'Brien, Sara Ashley (April 1, 2022). "Amazon workers at New York warehouse vote to form company's first US union". CNN. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "Amazon Labor Union members vote overwhelmingly in favor of an affiliation with the Teamsters". AP News. June 18, 2024. Retrieved June 19, 2024.