union organizing

The ruling, which could have national implications, is the latest development in long-simmering tensions between the e-commerce giant and workers on Staten Island.

There has been a flurry of high-profile union organizing in New York City in recent months. And as the U.S. economy struggles to fill open jobs, workers have a rare upper hand.

A recently-fired Trader Joe's employee says the store is enforcing its request for employees to be cheery too zealously.