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NLRB Ruling Orders Amazon to Recognize Teamsters
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 Apr. 2, 2026 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | In a historic decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that Amazon illegally refused to recognize the Staten Island-based Amazon Labor Union-International Brotherhood of Teamsters (ALU-IBT) Local 1 and ordered it to begin negotiations with the Teamsters. "Four years ago, Amazon workers at JFK8 won an NLRB election. Now, on this monumental anniversary, they have become the first group ever to force the company to recognize their union, and they did so as Teamsters,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. “This fight is far from over, but this ruling from the NLRB is an historic victory for Amazon Teamsters nationwide and a testament to worker power.” Roughly 5,500 warehouse workers at the JFK8 facility in Staten Island formed their union on April 1, 2022. In June 2024, they affiliated with the Teamsters Union, which officially chartered ALU-IBT Local 1… Teamsters
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