Tag: JFK8
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Amazon Labor Union Is On Strike Now!
It’s official! Amazon Labor Union IBT Local 1, along with Amazon workers across the country, is on ULP strike. Amazon workers are done waiting for a first contract. Last week, Amazon Labor Union gave Amazon a clear deadline: “Bargain with us by December 15 or we go on strike.” Amazon refused to budge, and now it’s time for…
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Billionaires vs. Free Press: Jeff Bezos and The Washington Post
Late Friday night, we learned that the Washington Post would not endorse any candidate for President for the first time in almost 30 years. We later learned that the Post’s editorial board had already written an endorsement of Kamala Harris, and that billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who owns the Post, personally spiked the piece.…
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Amazon Workers at JFK8: “The time for a fair contract is now!”
Over two years ago, workers at Amazon warehouse JFK8 in New York made history when they won their union election―the first time Amazon workers had ever unionized. It was a moment that reverberated throughout the labor movement: if Amazon workers can unionize, what else is possible? Then Amazon, in classic Amazon fashion, tried to stamp…