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Amazon captive-audience meetings labor complaint overview:
- Who: The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) filed a labor complaint on behalf of workers at an Amazon warehouse in Moreno, California.
- Why: The ALU argues Amazon allegedly forces employees to attend so-called captive audience meetings.
- Where: The ALU filed the Amazon complaint with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board.
The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) filed a complaint on behalf of workers at an Amazon warehouse in Moreno, California, who argue they were illegally forced to attend so-called captive audience meetings.
The ALU argues Amazon violates a temporary injunction by a New York federal judge who ruled it needed to stop interfering with its workers right to organize.
“Within the previous six months, the Employer has interfered with, restrained and coerced its employees in the exercise of rights protected by Section 7 of the (National Labor Relations Act) by maintaining work rules that prevent or discourage employees from engaging in protected concerted activities,” the Amazon complaint states.
Captive-audience meetings, mandatory meetings held by employers as a way to discourage workers from organizing, are currently legal under federal labor law, Law360 reports.
In addition to the complaint, the ALU reportedly asked the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to grant them more time to speak with workers at the Amazon facility equal to what the company currently is able to.
NLRB prosecutors asked board to make captive-audience meetings illegal
Prosecutors with the NLRB, meanwhile, have asked the board to make captive audience meetings unlawful by shifting current legal precedent, Law360 reports.
The ALU reportedly became the first union to win a representation election held by an Amazon warehouse; however, the union has since lost two elections in New York for warehouses in Albany and Staten Island.
In other Amazon news, in November, Amazon responded to claims that the company sent threatening letters to workers in order to dissuade them from signing up for continued healthcare coverage after their employment with the company had ended.
Amazon argued that the letters were sent simply to try and combat fraud and that they were not forbidden from sending them under the law.
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