“We deserve better for the work we do day in and day out,” said Medelius-Marsano, 28, who staffs the warehouse’s shipping dock. “Amazon can afford to pay its workers better than they do.

Amazon workers at a site in Garner, North Carolina, voted against unionizing. Organizers had been campaigning at the warehouse since 2022, hoping to secure higher wages and longer breaks.

Amazon has long been a leader in warehouse robotics, investing billions of dollars to automate some of the picking and sorting jobs at its fulfillment centers. But its work in robotics is just ...