Amazon illegally threatened to withhold benefits and cut workers’ wages to the local minimum wage during mandatory anti-union meetings prior to the vote at the company’s JFK8 warehouse, which voted to form the company’s first-ever union last month.
These findings are just the latest in a pile of allegations from the labor board that Amazon has engaged in illegal conduct throughout recent union drives. In, the labor board filed a complaint against the company, accusing Amazon of illegally surveilling and threatening workers during the JFK8 drive.
“We just hope that Amazon is held accountable,” Amazon Labor Union president Christian Smalls said at the time. “We hope that other union-busters as well learn their lesson and that workers are encouraged to speak up.” Amazon has faced increased scrutiny from politicians over its union-busting moves in recent weeks. Recently, President Joe Biden and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh
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