Amazon is likely about to face a much bigger union fight

(CNN Business)Amazon defeated a high-profile union drive at a warehouse in Alabama earlier this year. But now the e-commerce giant could face a much larger campaign to unionize its US warehouse workers, launched by one of the biggest unions in the nation.

(CNN Business)Amazon defeated a high-profile union drive at a warehouse in Alabama earlier this year. But now the e-commerce giant could face a much larger campaign to unionize its US warehouse workers, launched by one of the biggest unions in the nation.The International Brotherhood of Teamsters voted Thursday in favor of a resolution to make "building worker power at Amazon and helping those workers achieve a union contract" a main priority, according to a copy of the resolution. Under the resolution, called the "Amazon Project," Teamsters would fully fund the effort, which would include eventually creating a special Amazon Division to aid workers.Teamsters said that 1,562 delegates out of 1,632 representing more than 500 local unions v

(CNN Business)Amazon defeated a high-profile union drive at a warehouse in Alabama earlier this year. But now the e-commerce giant could face a much larger campaign to unionize its US warehouse workers, launched by one of the biggest unions in the nation.

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