New York, December 1 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal judge has issued a cease-and-desist order forcing retail giant Amazon to stop retaliating against workers involved in union organizing.  Amazon executives will also have to publicly read the 30-page ruling to employees at the Staten Island, New York, Amazon warehouse. 

The warehouse, known as JFK8, became the first to pass a union vote in April.  Amazon has since launched an aggressive intimidation campaign against workers, fending off union elections in Bessemer, Alabama, and at least two other warehouses in New York. 

The National Labor Relations Board -- NLRB -- said in a statement: “This relief is critical to ensure that Amazon employees everywhere can fully and freely exercise their rights to join together and improve their working conditions, including by forming, assisting, or joining a union.”