We, the workers at Amazon in Bessemer, AL are coming together to fight for change in our workplace with @RWDSU. Join us, visit our website now. #BAmazonUnion
Our fight to build power and unionize our facility began with workers talking to workers. Today, the @nytimes shared the critical story of how our fight to form a #union came to be. https://t.co/WzMGXn43Yq #1U#UnionStrong
At a meeting at the United Nations Geneva headquarters today, labor allies from all around the world stood in solidarity with our sister @Jennife67173021@BAmazonUnion! Solidarity is the universal language of the working class. #1u
NEWS: Jennifer Bates, the @RWDSU@BAmazonUnion leader who was recently unjustly fired by the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, AL that she’s been working to organize for years, has been reinstated! “When you're under attack, you have to stand up and fight back!
BREAKING: today, Jennifer Bates, the lead worker spokeswoman of the @BAmazonUnion drive, received notice she had been reinstated by the company after filing an Unfair Labor Practice charge against Amazon.
For @sappelbaum & @Jennife67173021's statements:
https://t.co/vKo91UPFGM
@BAmazonUnion spokesperson and Amazon worker for 3 years, Jennifer Bates, was terminated without cause, "subjected to termination by AI due to a glitch in the company’s own software"
“But let me be clear, ‘Amazon, your termination of my employment will not stifle workers organizing, for when you fire leaders, it only brings more people ignited into the movement.’” @mattmday reports on Amazon's latest union busting. CC: @BAmazonUnion
https://t.co/IXLrzeBmqN
"Your termination of my employment will not stifle workers' organizing, for when you fire leaders, it only brings more people ignited into the movement," said @Jennife67173021 of @BAmazonUnion. https://t.co/JrdljnXm1w
BREAKING: Jennifer Bates (@Jennife67173021), the lead worker spokeswoman of the @BAmazonUnion drive, received notice she had been terminated by the company amid a several months long workers compensation nightmare.
Full statement: https://t.co/tom8PZfxmK
🔥“Unions now are looking to build on the success of #BlackFriday protests against Amazon in Nov. which rippled through more than 30 countries from Costa Rica to Luxembourg, according to @uniglobalunion, an international union involved in #MakeAmazonPay” https://t.co/IqAgOEnj8l
👇🏿Hey Amazon, we have a message for you from the Global Conference of UNI Commerce with more than 150 union leaders and activists across the globe.
✊🏿We stand united.
✊🏿We stand strong.
✊🏿We fight together.
✊🏿We will win together.
✊🏿We will #MakeAmazonPay!
#UNICommerceRise
The @BAmazonUnion workers like Jennifer Bates have inspired thousands-upon-thousands around the world. Today at the @CommerceUni conference, she inspired us.
#UNICommerceRise
ICYMI: we deserve better pay, job security, policy changes with our input, and a safer place to work. Today, on #MakeAmazonPay Day, the workers of #BAmazonUnion joined with Amazon workers all over the world to fight for the working conditions we deserve.
ICYMI: we Bessemer Amazon workers are not alone in our fight for dignity, respect, and fair wages. We are joined by workers all across the world in standing up to #MakeAmazonPay!