Historic union win the latest twist in the New York-Amazon saga

For the first time in its nearly twenty-eight years in business, Amazon faces union negotiations over its employment practices. An independent union start-up founded by a fired employee, Chris Smalls, took on the 1.6 trillion dollar company with about 120,000 dollars in GoFundMe donations to campaign for and win a bid to unionize the JFK8 fulfillment center on Staten Island, New York City. The final vote count tallied by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on April 1 was 2,654 to 2,131 in favor.