Last year, when Amazon workers filed for a union election at a facility in Garner, North Carolina, Amazon pulled out its worn, Orwellian union-busting playbook: misinformation, captive audience meetings, big screen TVs throughout the warehouse playing anti-union propaganda, and more.
Amazon thought it squashed the union momentum when CAUSE, the independent worker-led union organizing in the Carolinas, lost the NLRB election. But Amazon was wrong. That so-called defeat only made the union stronger. CAUSE is still organizing in Garner, and the union’s momentum has spread to not one but three actively organizing Amazon facilities in Durham, NC.
Since CAUSE went public with its Durham drives, Amazon has launched yet another aggressive and misinformation-filled union-busting campaign. In response, CAUSE members are making the simplest of demands: they just want Amazon to tell the truth and stop union-busting.
In captive audience meetings recorded by workers, Amazon claims that CAUSE will force workers to pay dues, when in fact the union is free to join. Amazon has also told workers that CAUSE is an “external group,” when in fact CAUSE is founded and led by Amazon workers themselves. The union is calling on Amazon to drop the lies and participate in a town hall where both CAUSE and Amazon can speak directly to Amazon workers.
On February 7th, CAUSE workers and their allies will be rallying outside Amazon’s DRT8 warehouse in Durham, but they need our support to make this event a success. Your donations will help cover rally necessities like signage in multiple languages, a sound system rental, union buttons, and water to keep attendees hydrated.
In solidarity,
The Labor Force
P.S. In Durham? Join CAUSE at the rally this Saturday. RSVP here!