Amazon Union Election Kicks Off at Second New York Warehouse

Workers at a second Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in Staten Island, New York, began voting Monday on whether to join an upstart union that already won a historic election at a nearby facility.

Employees at the warehouse, called LDJ5, will cast their ballots from April 25 to April 29, with the results expected as early as May 2.

The Amazon Labor Union, founded by fired worker Christian Smalls, is looking to increase its bargaining power by repeating the success of the previous vote at the JFK8 fulfillment center, which gave organized labor its first foothold in Amazon’s U.S. operations.

The company, ...