Amazon workers to vote on union at New Jersey warehouse
April 19, 2022
Workers at an Amazon.com warehouse in Bayonne, NJ, have met the 30 percent threshold necessary to hold a union election, according to the National Labor Relations Board. Local 713 International Brotherhood of Trade Unions is seeking to represent the 200 workers at the facility.
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