The National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that negotiated the settlement with Amazon, has no power to impose monetary penalties. The retail workers union said Amazon was trying to surveil employees in Bessemer and even changed a traffic signal to prevent organizers from approaching warehouse workers as they left the site. Amazon declined to say whether it had complied with labor laws during the union drive in Chester in 2014 and 2015. The Chester settlement notice mentions one worker by name: Bill Hough Jr., a machinist who led the union drive. The notice said Amazon had issued a warning to Mr. Hough that he was on the verge of being fired.

Source: International New York Times March 16, 2021 09:00 UTC