He was leading a revamped Google commerce strategy that seemed to be paying dividends in its fight to reclaim product search from Amazon. Ready joined Google in 2020 from PayPal before that he was CEO of Venmo, which PayPal acquired. The social site has suffered myriad controversies over the past several years and it was probably way past-time for Silbermann to step down. Google Commerce boss Bill Ready will take over the reins as CEO. Pinterest's co-founder and CEO, Ben Silbermann, is stepping down and will become executive chairman. "Last year, we weren't able to get as close to the employees to speak with them.Google's Commerce Boss Heads to Pinterest "This time around we were able to educate more about unions," said Amazon worker Jennifer Bates. Since then, the workforce has experienced large turnover, and organizers say door-knocking and other outreach was easier now that the pandemic has eased. In the original election, workers rejected joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union by a more than 2-to-1 margin.
Turnout in the second Bessemer vote was 38.6%, down from last year's election when just over over half of Bessemer workers cast ballots, but the share of voters supporting the union grew. A hearing will be held in coming weeks to determine if any of the contested ballots will be opened and counted. 993 workers voted no, 875 voted yes, and more than 400 ballots were challenged by one side or the other. Votes in the do-over election were counted on Thursday, but the results were too close to call. Additionally, there are two other warehouses in the complex that Smalls says they are working to organize.īusiness Why a mailbox continues to loom over Amazon union vote at Alabama warehouse In late April, workers at a second location on Staten Island, a sorting center across the street from the warehouse, will get their chance to vote on whether to join the ALU. "We need to raise the bar higher, especially when you're talking about one of the richest retailers in the world that can afford to do it." "Most of these workers do have a second job, or they still get government assistance," he told NPR last fall. But Smalls has argued that in New York, that kind of wage is not high enough. In Staten Island, Amazon wages start at $18.25 an hour, higher than many of its competitors. Organizers have been calling for higher wages, longer breaks, paid sick leave and paid time off for injuries sustained on the job, among other demands. Smalls formed the ALU after being fired in March 2020. Amazon says Smalls violated safety protocols by showing up after he'd been told to quarantine due to a COVID exposure.įormer Amazon supervisor Christian Smalls speaks before attendees at an Amazon Labor Union event in New York city on March 11, 2022. At the time a supervisor at the fulfillment center, he staged a walkout over the lack of worker protections against the coronavirus.
The workers, who pick and package items for customer orders at the facility will be represented by the Amazon Labor Union, an upstart group formed by Christian Smalls after he was fired from Amazon in March 2020.
Roughly 8,000 workers were eligible to vote. The historic vote was 2,654 for the union to 2,131 against.īallots were cast in person over five days starting last Friday. Staten Island based Inc distribution center union members celebrate after getting the voting results to unionize on Friday, Apin the Brooklyn borough of New York.Īmazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, have voted to unionize, a first for Amazon, and a stunning win for a grassroots campaign led by former and current Amazon employees.
0 kommentar(er)
