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The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) scored a historic victory on April 1st when it became the first-ever union to successfully organize Amazon employees<\/a>. Christian Smalls, a fired worker motivated by what he viewed as poor treatment, rallied his co-workers through the process and, in January 2022, got just enough votes to qualify for a formal election<\/a>. On Friday, the workers of Amazon\u2019s JFK8 warehouse voted to unionize<\/a>, 2,654 to 2,131.<\/p>\n

It was a hard-won victory, coming after years of work, and labor activists are already hoping to apply the same tactics to the hundreds of thousands of Amazon warehouse workers across the rest of the country. After the RWDSU\u2019s stumble in the Bessemer election last year, the newly formed Amazon Labor Union is pointing to a different path forward \u2014 and forcing Amazon to take a hard second look at working conditions in many of its fulfillment centers.<\/p>\n

The ALU developed its own playbook early on. Instead of knocking on co-workers\u2019 doors, the organizers camped out near the warehouse<\/a>, handing out literature, answering questions, and sharing news stories about how much Amazon was spending on things like corporate salaries and labor consultants. They shifted course when they had to, putting the focus on just two NYC warehouses<\/a>, JFK8 and LDJ5, and used social media videos<\/a> to raise awareness. They even held phonebanks, calling every one of the workers<\/a> eligible to vote in the election.<\/p>\n

More importantly, organizers say Amazon underestimated their resolve. In an interview with The Verge<\/em>, Gerald Bryson, the ALU\u2019s sergeant-at-arms, said that the company had a dismissive attitude towards him and his fellow organizers. He made repeated references to how Amazon representatives called them inarticulate \u201cthugs,\u201d behavior that was cited in a lawsuit from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB<\/a>).<\/p>\n