Amazon workers in Staten Island have voted to unionize, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant's history and handing an unexpected win to a nascent group that fueled the union drive.
Warehouse workers cast 2,654 votes—or about 55 percent—in favor of a union, giving the fledgling Amazon Labor Union enough support to pull off a victory. According to the National Labor Relations Board, which is overseeing the process, 2,131 workers—or 45 percent—rejected the union bid.
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