The Amazon Bargaining Order Is a Rare Bright Spot in a Bleak NLRB Landscape
In a positive development for unions, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled on April 1, 2026 that Amazon unlawfully refused to recognize the Staten Island-based Amazon Labor Union-International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1 (ALU-IBT 1) and ordered it to bargain with the Teamsters. “Four years ago, Amazon workers at JFK8 won an NLRB election. Now they have become the…