Amazon Union Rivals Agree on Court-Brokered Election Pact (1)

Amazon.com Inc.'s first labor union has reached a settlement agreement with a group of dissenters who accused leaders of illegally preventing officer elections to retain power.

The parties agreed to set aside their differences and hold a mass meeting next month to discuss officer elections as well as changes to the union constitution, according to the consent order entered Wednesday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

The pact settles a July complaint from more than 40 dissenters who accused Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls of bending the group’s constitution, stacking leadership ranks ...