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Staten Island residents protest outside a closed Catholic school-turned-migrant shelter on Staten Island, N.Y., on Aug. 28.

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On N.Y.'s Staten Island, anti-immigration protests intensify as migrants stream in

New York City has been housing migrants in makeshift shelters throughout the city. In some areas, it has led to protests and court challenges.

September 27, 2023
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  • Jasmine Garsd
Workers line up to vote on unionization at Amazon's warehouse in Staten Island on March 25.

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Amazon loses key step in its attempt to reverse its workers' historic union vote

A federal labor official is recommending a dismissal of Amazon's objections after a lengthy hearing on the company's appeal against the historic union win at a warehouse in New York's Staten Island.

September 01, 2022
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  • Alina Selyukh
The National Labor Relations Board is holding a hearing to consider Amazon's objections to the union election at a warehouse on Staten Island. Amazon is seeking a new election.

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Amazon seeks to overturn historic Staten Island union victory at labor hearing

The National Labor Relations Board is considering Amazon's objections to a union election that resulted in the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the U.S.

June 13, 2022
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  • Andrea Hsu
GPB News NPR

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Chris Smalls started Amazon's 1st union. He's now heard from workers at 50 warehouses

The Amazon Labor Union was born Friday after an improbable victory for Chris Smalls over Amazon. Smalls and his friend Derrick Palmer spoke to NPR on Twitter Spaces.

April 06, 2022
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Chris Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, takes part in an interview at the Amazon distribution center in the Staten Island borough of New York on Oct. 25, 2021, after earlier delivering "Authorization of Representation" forms to the National Labor Relations Board in New York.

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He was fired by Amazon 2 years ago. Now he's the force behind the company's 1st union

Chris Smalls didn't rely on traditional labor groups for funding or organizing power. Instead he raised money through GoFundMe and talked to former coworkers at their bus stop and over S'mores.

April 02, 2022
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  • Andrea Hsu and
  • Alina Selyukh
GPB News NPR

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In a stunning victory, Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for a union

Warehouse workers at an Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island have voted to join the upstart Amazon Labor Union, making it the first Amazon facility in the U.S. to unionize.

April 01, 2022
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  • Andrea Hsu
People arrive for work at the Amazon distribution center at the New York City borough of Staten Island on Oct. 25, 2021.

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Labor groups close in on Amazon in 2 tight union elections

One labor and employment observer said the New York vote was "shocking," since Amazon workers there had no support from an established union.

April 01, 2022
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