![]() ![]() "Amazon has proven, time and again, that they have no respect for the workers’ right to organize under the (National Labor Relations Board) and the election process," he said. Rather than asking for an election, he said the union will try to pressure the company with strikes. Malone said he doesn't think Iowa workers will take the same path. The results will be announced the next day. It's the biggest unionization push Amazon has seen in nearly a decade. The company is also building a second warehouse in Bondurant, which will employ up to 400 workers during the holiday season.Īmazon employees in Bessemer, Alabama, are currently voting by mail on whether to unionize. In addition to the Grimes and Iowa City distribution centers, Amazon opened a 1,000-employee fulfillment center in Bondurant in December.Īmazon employs 1,320 workers in Iowa, said Marc Wulfraat, president of the logistics firm MWPVL International. The union's announcement comes after Amazon quickly scaled up in the Des Moines metro and eastern Iowa last year. ![]() Malone said the union is demanding from the company higher pay and less stringent rules, particularly regarding how fast warehouse employees and drivers have to work. "We're going to continue to organize them and turn them into a cohesive group to fight for their wages and conditions here," Malone said.Īn Amazon spokesperson did not immediately have a comment on the announcement when contacted by the Des Moines Register late Friday afternoon. He said the union has approached "400 to 500" current or former employees, primarily tied to Amazon's distribution centers in Grimes and Iowa City. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 238 Organizing Director Buzz Malone said Friday that he has been recruiting workers to organize since November. ![]() Watch Video: Amazon faces biggest union push in nearly a decadeĪ unionization effort is underway among employees of 's Iowa warehouses, with organizers threatening a strike. ![]()
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