TODAY: @WWUnited + @AmazonWorkersLA deliver petition to Jeff Bezos' LA mansion demanding reinstatement of unlimited unpaid leave—a lifeline to workers trying to keep selves + families safe from #COVID19—which ended 5/1. #protectamazonworkers
Happy #MayDay I'm going to my @DemSocialists orientation next week. In the meantime I'm producing and co-hosting a comedy show tonight with 100% of the proceeds going to @forrespect
They are an amazing organization fighting for retail worker's rights.
Following New York and Chicago, Amazon warehouse workers plan to walk out today at a third warehouse, in Michigan. “Amazon says that it values safety and health, but it's putting us, our families, and our communities in danger,” one employee says in emailed statement.
I just RSVP'd for the June 20, 2020 Mass Poor People's Assembly & Moral March on Washington. Take action here: https://t.co/0yjYwcQs5S #PoorPeoplesCampaign
@JayCarney@nytimes $15/hr doesn’t begin to cover the actual damage to our bodies or spirits. Jimpat Lacewell, actual Amazon worker: “I'd rather go back to a state correctional facility & work for 18 cents/hr than do that job." #humansnotrobots (2/14) https://t.co/BbOTTE06aT
.@JayCarney has an oped in @NYTimes misleading the public about the threats Amazon poses to our communities + democracy. And which side Sen. Sanders is on.🧵 (1/14)
BREAKING NEWS: We're crashing the Walmart annual meeting – and @BernieSanders will be joining us. We need deep structural changes to prioritize the needs of working people over returning profits to investors and enriching billionaires. https://t.co/NqZBZGcEwy
Amazon and Target have committed to paying a starting wage of $15/hr. We need Walmart to publicly commit to $15/hr, REAL raises for long-time associates, and full-time status for all who want it.
Join the fight! Follow @riseupretail. Tweet at @KKR_Co@BainCapital & $VNO to demand severance pay for all 33,000 workers. Join @GoHedgeClippers@RealBankReform to call out corrupt politicians & win new tough laws to crack down on Wall Street greed. (end) https://t.co/cnbuTV2nif
Wall Street billionaires bought Toys R Us, piled on debt, took $500M in fees, dumped it into bankruptcy and left 33,000 Americans without jobs.
Now workers are fighting back — for severance pay for their families and a real crackdown on Wall Street greed. https://t.co/bp5NZTWNP0
Exclusive: Amazon warehouse workers say after they circulated fliers at work about all wearing blue as protest to demand Ramadan accommodations, management agreed to ease pressure during fast. “That showed us that we are very powerful” https://t.co/noNB6Qtn8p w/ @spencersoper