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7mo ago

NLRB Orders Amazon to Bargain With Teamsters-Affiliated JFK8 Union

The order moves a long-running fight into enforced bargaining, signaling greater leverage for the Teamsters-aligned union at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse.

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The logo of Amazon outside its fulfilment centre in Baldonnell Business Park, as Amazon.com, Inc., said on Tuesday it plans to cut its global corporate workforce by as many as 14,000 roles and sieze the opportunity provided by artificial intelligence (AI), in Dublin, Ireland, October 28, 2025. REUTERS/Damien Eagers

Overview

  • The National Labor Relations Board ordered Amazon to recognize and negotiate with ALU‑IBT Local 1 at the JFK8 Staten Island warehouse and to post notices informing workers of their rights.
  • Amazon, which the union says has no further NLRB appeals on recognition, says it is confident a court will overturn the union’s certification.
  • The ruling comes after a separate NLRB–Teamsters settlement that bars Amazon from using its Unpaid Time attendance system to punish strikers and requires restoring deducted hours.
  • More than 5,000 JFK8 workers formed a union in 2022 and affiliated with the Teamsters in 2024, and union leaders describe this as the first bargaining order imposed on Amazon.
  • The NLRB has cited Amazon for repeated labor-law violations at JFK8, with reports of unpaid time after a warehouse fire and suspensions of workers who walked out over safety.