The National Labor Relations Board ruled that Amazon must bargain with the Amazon Labor Union, which represents roughly 5,000 workers at its Staten Island warehouse and has been seeking to negotiate pay and working conditions since forming in 2022, finding that Amazon engaged in unfair labor practices by refusing to recognize the union. Amazon immediately pushed back, claiming NLRB representatives improperly influenced the original union election and signaling it will appeal, which would likely delay any obligation to comply while the case works through the courts. The ruling comes as Amazon has separately argued in a still-pending lawsuit that the NLRB itself is unconstitutional, making this one of several active legal fronts in its broader effort to resist organized labor.
