Fighting for Prime Benefits: Why Are Amazon Workers Uniting to Form a History-Making Labor Union?

We’re all familiar with Amazon, the online-bookstore-that-could-turned-largest-online-retailer in the United States, but, as impressive as Amazon’s growth is, what’s going on behind the scenes is distressing. In early April 2022, Amazon workers employed at a warehouse, referred to as JFK8, on New York City’s Staten Island voted in the company’s first union in the U.S.

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