‘Our voices are only going to get louder’, workers warn tech giant after Atlanta warehouse writes up employees
Amazon has argued the country’s top labor watchdog is violating the constitution as the company fights to dismiss unfair labor practice charges, leaning on a recent conservative US supreme court ruling.
In a filing last month, attorneys representing the technology giant pushed back against a complaint issued by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) after two Georgia workers alleged that they faced retaliation, surveillance and interrogation after exercising their right to organize.
The workers, based at the ATL6 Amazon warehouse on the outskirts of Atlanta, filed charges in 2023. The NLRB’s regional office issued a complaint against Amazon after finding merit in the charges. A court hearing is scheduled for October.
Amazon, which denies the allegations, is seeking to dismiss the complaint on constitutional grounds.
The punishment for union busting should be further empowerment of the union, not just a fine. The incentives are such that Amazon and Starbucks will never stop fighting their unions, and apparently even the federal government.
Starbucks might. They just got rid of the Union hating CEO. Dunno anything about the new guy other than, he comes from Chipotle, which isn’t promising.