BAmazonUnion
@BAmazonUnion
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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
Joined September 2020
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
nytimes.com
Workers at a warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., are to vote next month on whether to unionize, the largest and most viable effort of its kind involving the technology giant.
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Mic drop from @BAmazonUnion organizer Darryl Richardson! The future of work is unionized!
"We're humans, not robots." Before today's AI forum on Capitol Hill we spoke with Darryl Richardson, whose experience as an @Amazon warehouse worker and @BAmazonUnion organizer remind us why every worker, in all sectors of the economy, should have the power of a union.
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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
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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!
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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
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@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"
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“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
bloomberg.com
Amazon.com Inc. has fired a leader of the union campaign in Alabama, according to the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.
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"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.
commondreams.org
"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 Jennifer Bates.
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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:
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Solidarity with Amazon workers ON STRIKE in the UK! The @RWDSU stands with @GMBMidlands to #MakeAmazonPay!
In the small hours, big things happened. #Amazon workers & their union @GMBMidlands took the first strike action at the corporation in the UK. Their courage & determination in the face of anti-union tactics is an international inspiration. #MakeAmazonPay
https://t.co/Erw0zHnXFx
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🔥“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”
wired.com
Warehouse workers in the UK are walking out for the first time, and they want the world to follow.
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👇🏿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
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The @BAmazonUnion workers like Jennifer Bates have inspired thousands-upon-thousands around the world. Today at the @CommerceUni conference, she inspired us. #UNICommerceRise
“To realize there were so many people organizing on #blackfriday to get something different to #makeamazonpay was an inspirational moment for us!” @BAmazonUnion’s Jennifer Bates on the urgent need to continue to stand up to @Amazon #UNICommerceRise @CommerceUni @uniglobalunion
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@BAmazonUnion’s Jennifer Bates - “@amazon is still using the same union busting playbook, nothing has changed!!!” On Bessemer’s pending 2nd election. #UNICommerceRise @CommerceUni @uniglobalunion #unionbusting #unionYES
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HAPPENING NOW: @CommerceUni #Amazon panel featuring workers from @BAmazonUnion @amazoncause SENTRACOS & @_verdi on the critical issues facing @amazon workers & the urgent need to organize for safe working conditions, fair wages & unions globally. #UNICommerceRise @uniglobalunion
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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.
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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!
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ICYMI: Amazon workers all across the world are standing together today and every day to #MakeAmazonPay! Global solidarity is a beautiful thing.
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#MakeAmazonPay is about us, the workers demanding change! Demanding fair pay, demanding safety and demanding dignity and respect! #1U #unionstrong
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