Chris Smalls, fired from Amazon almost two years ago to the day, just popped champagne outside the NLRB offices where he and his peers won one of the greatest labor victories in a generation. “To the first Amazon union in history,” he said. pic.twitter.com/ZHNcjFC5N1

— Jodi Kantor (@jodikantor) April 1, 2022

Despite heavy lobbying by Amazon, workers in Staten Island (Chris' old warehouse) voted 55% in favor of joining ALU.

Now, for the first time in its history, Amazon must recognize a US trade union.

This is historic.

— GOOD (@good) April 1, 2022

This, from Amazon, has to be one of the greatest self-owns ever:

“Make [Chris Smalls] the most interesting part of the story, and if possible make him the face of the entire union/organizing movement.” – Amazon General Counsel David Zapolsky in April 2020.

— Josh Miller-Lewis (@jmillerlewis) April 1, 2022

I just spoke to Chris Smalls, president of Amazon Labor Union, outside NLRB in Brooklyn about the fact that the union is leading Amazon 738-600.

He said of Amazon’s lawyers in the vote count room “I love watching them squirm. They’re drinking mad water.” pic.twitter.com/A11xWKuCuj

— Lauren Kaori Gurley (@LaurenKGurley) March 31, 2022

Amazon workers celebrate a shocking victory in N.Y. “We want to thank Jeff Bezos for going to space,” union organizer Chris Smalls said, “because when he was up there, we were signing people up.” https://t.co/9NVnH1GVbn

— Sig Christenson 🏕🔭🗽 (@saddamscribe) April 2, 2022