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Over the holidays, workers at Amazon’s RDU1 warehouse in Garner filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), following a three-year organizing campaign by members of Carolina Amazonians for Solidarity and Empowerment, or C.A.U.S.E.
If the election is successful, the sprawling Garner warehouse would become the second unionized Amazon facility in the country.
To trigger a union election, at least 30 percent of all the facility’s current workers must have signed union cards. Organizers say they have more than the signatures needed, but Amazon, which keeps its headcount under wraps, says it’s skeptical of the claim.
The NLRB will now review the signed cards against the worker roster to see if the election can proceed in a process which could take several months.
The election filing comes amid a period of tension at RDU1. Amazon fired C.A.U.S.E. founder Ryan Brown last month and Garner police arrested three C.A.U.S.E. supporters shortly after that. Nationally, thousands of Amazon delivery drivers launched a six-day strike beginning on December 20, one of the busiest weeks for shipping.
Read Lena Geller’s report here and have a good first Thursday of 2025.
—Jane
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