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flag Amazon sued New York over a law expanding state labor authority, claiming it conflicts with federal labor law.

flag Amazon has sued New York State over Senate Bill 8034A, a law granting the Public Employment Relations Board authority over private-sector labor disputes, arguing it unlawfully intrudes on federal labor jurisdiction. flag Filed in Brooklyn federal court, the company claims the law conflicts with the National Labor Relations Board’s exclusive authority, creating potential legal conflicts. flag The law, signed by Governor Hochul on September 5, was enacted amid an NLRB backlog after a Democratic member was fired in January. flag Amazon cites PERB’s recent charge over the August 9 termination of a union vice president at its JFK8 warehouse as evidence of overlap. flag The NLRB also filed a separate lawsuit on September 12 to block the law. flag Neither PERB nor New York’s attorney general has commented. flag The case centers on the balance of power between state and federal labor regulation.

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