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Amazon is facing growing calls by its workers for union representation after a second warehouse on New York’s Staten Island obtained enough signatures to hold a vote.
The Trends Journal has identified the push to unionize as a “TOP TREND IN 2022,” and there may be no company more impacted by the movement than Amazon, which is famous for its massive warehouses and accusations of poor work environments from employees. (See “AMAZON UNIONIZATION: 2022 TOP TREND ON THE RISE.”) Amazon has been accused of going “all out” to kill unionization bids.
There is an Amazon location on Staten Island, named JFK8, which will be holding a unionization vote from 25 March to 30. The latest warehouse to express interest in a vote to unionize is called LDJ5, The New York Times reported.
The Seattle-based company told the paper that it looks forward to “having our employees’ voices heard.”
TRENDPOST: Amazon’s claim that it wants to listen to its factory employees run counter to allegations that the company has made Herculean efforts to snuff out efforts to unionize at other locations.
Steven Greenhouse, a journalist and author, wrote in The Guardian last month that the average Amazon warehouse worker leaves the job within just eight months, which is an “unmistakable sign that Amazon’s jobs are unpleasant, to put it kindly, and that many Amazon workers quickly realize they hate working there because of the stress, breakneck pace, constant monitoring and minimal rest breaks.”
The Times reported that workers at the LDJ5 warehouse were told by the company that unionizing has few benefits and the union will promise “better pay and benefits just to get your support,” but they could very well end up with essentially the same pay while having to pay union dues.
TRENDPOST: The shortage of workers and the desire of employed workers to organize and go on strike share a common root cause: people are far less inclined to perform menial, unfulfilling jobs for meager pay. (See “STARBUCKS STORE TO UNIONIZE, A TOP TREND FOR 2022?” “ACTIVISION STUDIO GROUP WILL FORM A UNION, SOLIDIFYING TRENDS JOURNAL FORECAST,” “POLITICO JOURNALISTS FORM UNION. A TREND OF THE TIMES” and “REI: UNIONIZATION TREND EXPANDS AS FORECAST.”)
TREND FORECAST: Unionization will continue to be a Top Trend; the more limited the supply of workers (made worse by “No Jab, No Job” mandates; (see “WANT TO KEEP YOUR JOB? GET THE JAB!” and “NO JAB, NO JOB. VACCINE MANDATES ‘WORKING’”), the more powerful the trend toward unionization will be.
And, as inflation continues to rise faster than wages, corporations that wish to incentivize their workforce to do and give the best they can, will raise the pay scale to levels higher than inflation rates. In doing so, they will create atmospheres of mutual appreciation.