Workers are concerned about soaring rates of injury, high productivity quotas, incoherent policies, and a sudden warehouse closure.
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The Teamsters Hint at a Combative National Project to Organize Amazon
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Fearing a threat to more than 100 years of worker gains, “This entire union is focused on dealing with Amazon.”
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Hammer and Hope: Danny Glover on the Amazon union drive in Bessemer, Alabama
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TRNN Editor in Chief Maximillian drove 14 hours from Baltimore to Bessemer to sit down with Glover and talk about why this vote is so significant and how Amazon workers in Bessemer.
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An Alabama Amazon Worker’s Case for Unionization
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Jennifer Bates, an employee of the Bessemer fulfillment center, explains why the forthcoming vote is so monumental.
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Amazon Offers $2,000 “Resignation Bonuses” to Bust Union Drive in Alabama
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As the historic union election at Amazon in Alabama heats up, Amazon is pulling all the tricks to stop the union.
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Thursday Night Shakopee Amazon Workers Walked Out
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The walkout comes amid rising concerns that “time off task” violations are used to target and retaliate against workers.
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No picnics, no parades, but Freedom Library will mark Labor Day with virtual event on organizing Amazon
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The East Side Freedom Library in St. Paul will celebrate Labor Day early and online this year, with a virtual discussion about worker organizing at the world’s largest retailer, Amazon.
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Leaked Memo Reveals Amazon Misled the Public and Workers About COVID-19 Spread in Minnesota
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“For months, Amazon has been sitting on information that could have helped prevent workers in my facility from getting sick and spreading the virus to our families.”
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‘I Feel Like I Almost Died’
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On a Wednesday afternoon Zoom press conference, Hibaq Mohamed asserted that it’s likely the number is higher saying, “you can not trust the number of confirmed cases.”
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50+ Amazon Workers Walk Out in Shakopee
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Following news of another firing and the revelation of two positive cases of COVID-19, more than 50 Shakopee Amazon fulfillment workers walked off the job just after midnight Sunday morning.
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Sacramento Amazon Warehouse Workers Deliver Christmas Walkout
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Workers at Amazon’s DSM1 warehouse in Sacramento celebrated Christmas in their own fashion—by walking out. It was the latest move in their campaign for paid time off.