The Amazon Labor Union recently announced it would be holding an election. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a complaint against Amazon, alleging that the company illegally threatened, surveilled, and interrogated workers who were trying to start a union at its Staten Island, New York facilities. The company also reportedly hired a union avoidance consultant who told workers that the union organizers were “thugs,” according to Motherboard.
Motherboard’s report, which cites the NLRB complaint, details other alleged incidents between Amazon and union organizers, including multiple times when security guards kept organizers from distributing pamphlets that discussed unions. Amazon will either have to settle this case or have it go to trial, and the NLRB is reportedly calling for it to implement…
