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Amazon workers have lined up enough support to vote on whether to unionize a New York City warehouse, federal labor officials said this week in a big step forward after a setback this fall for one of the first organizing drives at the nation s largest online retailer.The National Labor Relations Board confirmed Thursday that the nasc
stanley cup ent Amazon Labor Union gathered enough signatures to hold an election, on a date to be set after a February 16 court hearing on such particulars as what workers the union would represent. The workers withdrew a similar request in November after running into snags over the number of current employees who had signed on. We quickly bounced back and kept gathering more signatures, organizer Christian Smalls said Thursday, a day after getting the green light from the NLRB. That was the celebratory moment for us yesterday, the fact that we were able to achieve that even after facing the withdrawal.
stanley cup Smalls mdash; who was fired by Amazonafter organizing a March 2020 protest over coronavirus safeguards at the warehouse mdash; said the would-be union submitted over 2,500 signatures in favor of a vote, comfortably clearing the NLRB threshold of 30% of workers the potential union would cover. That s 5,000 employees, in this case.Still, Seattle-based Amazon continued to question whether the union drive has enough backing.
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FERGUSON, Mo. -- Two officers were shot outside the Ferguson, Missouri police headquarters early Thursday, authorities said, as demonstrators gathered following the resignation of the city s embattled police chief in the wake of a scathing Justice Department report alleging bias in the police department and court.A 32-year-old officer from nearby Webster Groves was shot in the face and a 41-year-old officer from St. Louis County was shot in the shoulder, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said at a news conference. Both were taken to a hospital where, Belmar said, they were conscious. He said he did not have further details about their conditions but described their injuries as serious. I don t know who did the shooting, to be honest with you, Belmar
converse said, adding that he could not provide a description of the suspect or gun.He said his assumption was that, based on where the officers were standing and the trajectory of the bullets, these shots were directed exactly at my officers. Police sources were calling the gunfire an ambush and said whoever fired the shots was at large, CBS St. Louis affiliate KMOV-TV reported.The station says the two victims were standing next to each other, working crowd control. The shots were fired shortly after midnight, with protesters gathered following the resignation of Ferg
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