Trump-appointed NLRB orders Amazon to bargain with Teamsters at Staten Island JFK8 warehouse

The National Labor Relations Board orders Amazon to recognize and negotiate a collective bargaining agreement with ALU-IBT Local 1 at its JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island on April 2, 2026. The order comes four years after JFK8 workers voted to unionize on April 1, 2022. Amazon refused to bargain, challenging the election result and arguing the NLRB's constitutional structure violates the unitary executive theory. The ruling is significant because it comes from Trump's own NLRB — a board that has weakened other union protections — ordering the country's second-largest employer to bargain. The Teamsters backed Trump in 2024. Amazon faces a separate constitutional challenge to the NLRB pending in D.C. federal court.