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Amazon Workers Speak Out About How to Win at Work*
By Eric Blanc, Angelika Maldonado, Michelle Valentin Nieves, and Chris Smalls - Jacobin, April 11, 2022
* The video also features Bernie Sanders, and the original title headlines this fact, however, this video is mainly about the union and its organizing drive.
We’ll be talking with Senator Bernie Sanders and Amazon Labor Union organizers Angelika Maldonado, Michelle Valentin Nieves, and Chris Smalls on how they and their coworkers at the JFK8 Amazon warehouse in Staten Island achieved the most important union victory in decades — and what workers across the country can learn from their experience battling Amazon.
Check out the work of the ALU here: https://www.amazonlaborunion.org/ Support the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee: https://workerorganizing.org/
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