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Amazon workers launch campaign to unionize in Albany

The independent Amazon Labor Union has faced challenges making headway into new warehouses after securing an upset victory on Staten Island in April

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Updated July 20, 2022 at 9:43 a.m. EDT|Published July 20, 2022 at 8:37 a.m. EDT
A banner encouraging workers to vote in labor balloting hangs from an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., in 2021. (Jay Reeves/AP)
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Workers have launched a union campaign at an Amazon warehouse near Albany, N.Y., in the latest bid to organize the anti-union tech giant.

Labor organizers at the warehouse are seeking a vote on joining the independent Amazon Labor Union, which has faced challenges making headway into new warehouses after securing an upset victory at a warehouse on Staten Island in April.