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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4815959" data-attributes="member: 48469"><p>"If the union loses, particularly by a large margin, Amazon will have turned the tide on a unionization drive that seemed to have many winds at its back. A loss could force labor organizers to rethink their overall strategy and give Amazon confidence that its approach is working."</p><p></p><p>"Amazon has said it does not believe the union represents the majority of its workers.Drew Herdener, Amazon’s vice president for worldwide communications, said in a statement that “our employees know the truth — starting wages of $15 or more, health care from day one, and a safe and inclusive workplace."</p><p></p><p>"If the union prevails, workers fear that the company may shut down the warehouse. Amazon has backed away from locations that bring it headaches before. In 2000, it closed a customer service office that was trying to unionize, saying the closing was the result of a reorganization. It <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/technology/amazon-development-tax.html" target="_blank">stopped construction</a> on an office tower when Seattle wanted to tax the company, and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/nyregion/amazon-hq2-queens.html" target="_blank">backed out of plans</a> to build a second headquarters in New York City after facing progressive opposition."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4815959, member: 48469"] "If the union loses, particularly by a large margin, Amazon will have turned the tide on a unionization drive that seemed to have many winds at its back. A loss could force labor organizers to rethink their overall strategy and give Amazon confidence that its approach is working." "Amazon has said it does not believe the union represents the majority of its workers.Drew Herdener, Amazon’s vice president for worldwide communications, said in a statement that “our employees know the truth — starting wages of $15 or more, health care from day one, and a safe and inclusive workplace." "If the union prevails, workers fear that the company may shut down the warehouse. Amazon has backed away from locations that bring it headaches before. In 2000, it closed a customer service office that was trying to unionize, saying the closing was the result of a reorganization. It [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/technology/amazon-development-tax.html']stopped construction[/URL] on an office tower when Seattle wanted to tax the company, and [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/nyregion/amazon-hq2-queens.html']backed out of plans[/URL] to build a second headquarters in New York City after facing progressive opposition." [/QUOTE]
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