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After more than two-and-a-half years of organizing, pro-union workers and advocates are advancing their campaign to unionize the massive Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina.

Since Labor Day, organizers with Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment, or CAUSE, have asked workers at the facility south of Raleigh to sign union authorization cards, a preliminary step to call for an election.

Before requesting an election from the National Labor Relations Board, organizers must get at least 30% of workers to sign union authorization cards within a year. CAUSE is enabling employees to fill out these cards virtually, through QR codes and a link on its website, or with physical signatures.

The organizing group seeks to make RDU1 the nation's second unionized Amazon facility, joining a warehouse in Staten Island, New York. Opened in August 2020, RDU1 spans 2 million square feet and houses multiple departments across four floors. It supports several thousand workers, with estimates ranging between 3,500 to 6,000.

RDU1 employees Mary Hill and Ryan Brown launched CAUSE in January 2022, and on Wednesday, the two workers will help lead a press conference to promote the union authorization card drive.

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