Amazon objecting to union's victory in New York, alleging interference


FILE PHOTO Workers stand in line to cast ballots for a union election at Amazons JFK8 distribution center in the Staten Island borough of New York City U.S. March 25 2022.  REUTERSBrendan McDermid.File Photo

FILE PHOTO: Workers stand in line to cast ballots for a union election at Amazon's JFK8 distribution center, in the Staten Island borough of New York City, U.S., March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid./File Photo

(Reuters) -Amazon.com accused the new union at a New York City warehouse of threatening workers unless they voted to organize, an assertion an attorney for the labor group called "really absurd."

A second labor group, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), which was losing a bid to organize an Amazon warehouse in Alabama, also filed objections on Thursday to that union election.

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