Front Burner

The former worker who pushed for an Amazon union, and won


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Last week, a group of current and former Amazon workers in New York’s Staten Island accomplished what some of the biggest unions in the United States could not: they organized Amazon’s first successful union vote in the country.
The battle isn’t over yet: in a statement, Amazon said it is weighing whether to file objections.
But today, we speak to Chris Smalls, interim president of the newly-formed Amazon Labor Union, about how he sparked a movement that succeeded where others have failed — and where that movement is headed next.
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