Amazon Union Maintains Commanding Lead in New York Election

The upstart labor union founded by a fired Amazon.com Inc. worker maintained a commanding lead in a historic election to unionize one of the e-commerce giant’s facilities in New York.

As of 10:25 a.m. local time on Friday, the Amazon Labor Union had 1,750 yes votes compared with 1,313 no votes from workers at a warehouse in Staten Island. With only 67 disputed ballots so far, the final tally could arrive in the next few hours.

If the ALU’s lead holds, the outcome would mark a watershed moment for Amazon. The Seattle-based company has managed to keep unions out of ...