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Amazon Extracts Profit From The Suffering Of Its Workers

January 9, 2025 People's Dispatch. , , , , , , ,
The week before Christmas, Amazon workers at facilities across the US, organized by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, took on the world’s most profitable third party logistics corporation by walking off the job by the hundreds. Although this pre-holiday strike represented a minority of the Amazon workforce, it represented the largest strike against Amazon in US history. Amazon’s profits keep breaking records, even within the context of a logistics industry that as a whole is experiencing a difficult freight market due to an oversupply of truck capacity.

Amazon Strike By The Numbers

January 7, 2025 Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes. , , ,
An estimated 600 Amazon workers went on a short strike or participated in pickets from December 19 to Christmas Eve across eight warehouse locations, from Queens to San Francisco. The coordinated mobilization was an opening salvo to Amazon, and a test of capacity for the Teamsters’ growing national network. The union says it represents between 7,000 and 10,000 Amazon workers, either by authorization election or majority demand for recognition: a fulfillment center on Staten Island, an air hub in Southern California, a delivery station warehouse in San Francisco, and a handful of delivery contractors.

IKEA Workers Vote To Extend Strike Into The New Year

January 6, 2025 Nick Barrickman, World Socialist Web Site. , , ,
Perryville, Maryland - On December 28, 320 unionized workers at the Perryville IKEA distribution center in northern Maryland voted to remain on strike into the new year after voting down a tentative agreement offered to them by the company and the International Association of Machinists (IAM) union. The distribution workers have been on strike since mid-November, citing seniority treatment and pay which is below the cost of living. “Seniority is the most important thing here,” said striking worker Lisa Mengel in a video statement released by More Perfect Union.

Unions Get Bigger In Texas

January 5, 2025 Emily Markwiese, Progressive.org. , , ,
Texas has long ranked at the top of the list for the best states to run a business and the worst for quality of life and working conditions. Almost one out of every five Texans does not have health insurance. We are the only state in the country that allows private-sector employers to opt out of providing workers’ compensation. Despite having a $33 billion surplus to put toward improving life for all Texans, our state lawmakers instead chose to spend the most recent regular legislative session attacking workers’ rights, immigrants, public schools, transgender people, voting access, and higher education.

2024: Workers Organized, Bosses Grew Nervous

January 5, 2025 Tom Sandborn, Rabble.CA. , , ,
If in the 19th century Marx and Engels could prematurely proclaim that Communist revolution was a “spectre haunting Europe,” in 2024 the business class of North America and its compliant mainstream press were growing increasingly nervous about a different but related spectre, a working class that was showing signs of increased and well organized militance. Strikes were more common and workers, still remembering the hypocritical Covid-era praise for them as heroes and the post-pandemic collapse into attempts to restore business as usual exploitation, are pissed off, and their anger has been expressed with increased levels of organizing and work stoppages.

US Dockworkers Could Strike Again Before Trump’s Inauguration

January 4, 2025 People's Dispatch. , , ,
Months after a strike numbering in the tens of thousands, US dockworkers throughout the East Coast could once again walk off the job just before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.  The October strike of dockworkers organized by the The International Longshoremen’s Association, the ILA’s first strike since 1977, ended after three days with an agreement with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) to extend the master contract until January 15, and return to the bargaining table to continue negotiations. The strike in early October resulted in a tentative agreement between USMX and ILA dockworkers which secured a 62% wage hike over six years. 

From Pickets To Power: Lessons From The Amazon Walk-Outs

December 30, 2024 Luigi Morris, Left Voice. , , ,
On December 18, incoming President Donald Trump hosted Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. After years of tension, Bezos was eager to build a closer relationship with Trump. He had just donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration, praised him for his “energy around reducing regulation,” and also kept the Washington Post from endorsing a presidential candidate, which showed his willingness to deal with Trump on good terms. But as they enjoyed their luxurious dinner, Amazon workers were finalizing plans for the largest worker action across the country in the company’s history, set to begin the following day.

Calls For A Migrant Labor Strike Grow On Social Media

December 29, 2024 Arturo Dominguez, Unicorn Riot. , , , , , , ,
Since the xenophobia-fueled presidential re-election of Donald Trump, calls have been growing on social media for a pro-immigrant labor strike beginning on January 11, days before Trump is to take office. The emerging movement’s goal is to highlight the social, cultural, and economic importance of immigrants in the United States. The Trump campaign’s racist rhetoric — targeted at Latin Americans and Caribbean Islanders — is an urgent threat driving the need to speak out against his proposed immigration policies — such as the plan to conduct mass deportations.

Amazon Strike Takeaways: Walk-Outs Slowed Packages, Boosted Union Power

December 25, 2024 Luis Feliz Leon, In These Times. , , ,
Amazon workers picketed their employer over the weekend through blisteringly frigid weather and, in New York, a flooded sidewalk as part of an escalating series of strikes by a minority of workers across the logistics behemoth’s supply chain. These strikes, waged from coast to coast at nine warehouses across Amazon’s supply chain, are part of a nationwide movement to consolidate organizing at the logistics giant in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). In 2022, the Teamsters launched a division to support organizing at Amazon. The union now represents 5,500 workers at the hulking JFK8 fulfillment center on Staten Island

Starbucks Workers Begin Five Day Strike In Seattle

December 25, 2024 Mathieu Chabaud and Clio Jensen, Fight Back! News. , , , , ,
Seattle, Washington – On Friday, December 20, Starbucks workers at five stores in Seattle went on strike. Anchored by the 24 hour picket line at the Reserve Roastery, one of Starbucks’ premiere stores, workers on these picket lines are planning to strike through December 24. Baristas are on an unfair labor practice strike after the company has continually stalled negotiations and engaged in bad faith bargaining. Starbucks workers say the company has not been willing to agree to pay that meets workers’ needs. “We make our store so much money, we make Starbucks so much money,” said Bruce Halstead, a striking worker at the Reserve Roastery.

Starbucks Barista Strike Spreads To 300 Stores Across United States

December 24, 2024 John Zangas, DC Media Group. , , ,
Washington DC—Over 5000 baristas walked off their jobs on Christmas eve in the largest action ever taken against Starbucks corporation. It was the fifth day of an escalating strike stretching from coast to coast across the country. The action involved over 300 stores that had previously voted to join Starbucks Workers United Union (SBWU) according to a press release from the union. The strike comes amidst growing tensions between SBWU Union representatives and Starbucks corporate lawyers after 98% of union members voted to reject a wage increase of less than 2%.

Amazon Unleashed Flood Of Water On Striking Workers

December 24, 2024 Luis Feliz Leon, In These Times. , , , ,
Queens, New York — On the cold afternoon of Saturday, December 21, Amazon Teamsters and allies were walking in a circle in front of the entrance to the delivery station DB4K, holding pre-printed signs demanding ​“Amazon Obey the Law,” when striking workers were flooded by a torrential outpouring of water from the building. ​“This was just like a fire hydrant on full blast,” said Amazon driver Danny Batista. Christian Santana, another driver on the scene, said he had seen water trickle out of the fire suppression system but never a torrent like this.

Interviews With Amazon Workers Organizing A Historic Strike

December 22, 2024 Luigi Morris, Left Voice. , , ,
Amazon workers at a number of facilities across the country recently began a historic strike, leveraging the breakneck pace of the holiday season to launch a struggle against the company that has become the face of modern exploitation. This is the first national strike against Amazon, the second largest company in the world, and the largest action so far against the employer. Less than four years ago, Amazon workers at the JFK8 facility in New York set the stage for the strike after forming the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) and inspiring a wave of unionizations across the country.

‘We Make Them Billions, Everyday!’: Amazon Workers Hold The Line

December 21, 2024 People's Dispatch. , , ,
Amazon workers at facilities across the country are out on an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike, demanding that the company recognize their union and begin negotiations for a contract. “Momentum continues to mount as more workers fight for fair treatment from this $2 trillion corporation,” wrote the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The thousands of Amazon workers on strike across the country are organized with the Teamsters, one of the largest unions in North America and which led a historic and successful struggle against shipping giant UPS in 2023. “The Amazon Teamsters movement grows bigger and stronger every day and will not be stopped.”

Montreal Port Workers Have One Last Chance To Reach A Deal

December 21, 2024 Liam O'Toole, Labor Notes. , , , ,
At the Port of Montréal, nearly 1,200 longshore workers have been ordered into binding arbitration by the Canadian government following a 10-day lockout. There’s still one final chance to reach a consensual agreement. The Syndicat des Débardeurs (Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 375) and the Maritime Employers Association have entered a 90-day period of mediation. During this period, they are to refrain from making any public statements. If the mediated negotiations fail, a new contract will be imposed by the federal government. Longshore workers at the port have been working without a contract since December 31, 2023. Their biggest concerns are scheduling, workplace rules, and forced overtime.
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