Two Amazon warehouses on Staten Island can now hold union elections.
“It’s just another example of how when we come together, we can accomplish these milestones,” said Chris Smalls, a former Amazon employee and organizing leader for the union., was arrested last week in the parking lot of JFK8 on Staten Island after Amazon security called the police to report he was trespassing.
Tensions are running high as the votes approach between union organizers and company officials — and sometimes between workers voting for and against the unions — at the warehouses. The NLRB of illegally surveilling and threatening workers who are trying to unionize the warehouse. At the time, Amazon said the allegations were false.Smalls said he was delivering food to workers on their break Feb. 23, something he said he has done regularly for 10 months. He was charged with resisting arrest, obstruction of government administration and trespassing after refusing to leave the area, according to an NYPD spokesperson.
Smalls disputes that he resisted arrest and said the incident “made the company look very ugly.” He was in the same area that many food delivery services use, he said.“On Feb. 23, when police officers asked Mr. Smalls to leave, he instead chose to escalate the situation and the police made their own decision on how to respond,” she said.
Smalls said a hearing will be held March 14 on the terms of the election at the smaller Staten Island warehouse.
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