Amazon Was Holding Talks Wednesday to Make NYC Deal Happen
Company cancels plans a day after meeting with labor, state officials.
A day before they announced their intention to cancel a planned headquarters in New York City, Amazon.com Inc. executives were still talking to state and union officials in a bid to salvage plans for a planned headquarters in Long Island City. At least one union leader said the framework of a deal had been reached.
Stuart Appelbaum, president of the the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union, said that the meeting took place in New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office and included four Amazon officials and the presidents of the New York State AFL-CIO, a regional chapter of the Teamsters and his group, as well as some officials from the governor’s office. Cuomo suggested a process to address labor concerns with the project.