Amazon Warehouse Union Sued by Former Members Seeking Election

The first-ever union of Amazon.com, Inc. workers in the US is facing a lawsuit by a group of dissenters who allege that current leaders are illegally holding up officer elections.

A complaint filed by more than 40 objectors in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York accuses Amazon Labor Union President Chris Small and his deputies of unilaterally changing the union’s constitution, stacking leadership positions with loyalists, and threatening reprisal against anyone who disagreed with their approach.

It’s the clearest sign yet of dysfunction inside ALU—which won an improbable victory last year to represent 8,000 workers ...