Altchek Featured in SHRM Roundup of Amazon Union Drive

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Amazon Challenges Vote to Unionize One of Its Warehouses

The union's success at JFK8 "is indeed extremely significant," said Dan Altchek, an attorney with Saul Ewing in Baltimore and New York City.

Of the approximately 8,000 employees at Staten Island's JFK8 Amazon warehouse who were eligible to vote, more than 5,000 cast ballots, he noted.

"A victory for the union among a group that large cannot be dismissed as inconsequential," Altchek said. "Other Amazon employees have seen that an organizing drive—one without financial or other material support from any established labor union, it appears—can withstand a campaign by the employer with virtually unlimited resources. This could embolden employees at other Amazon locations who are interested in unionizing."

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