Front row, From Left: Tristan “Lion” Duchin, Michelle Valentin Nieves, Enlly Taqeras, Madeline “Maddie” Wesley, and Karen Ponce. Back Row, From Left: Tristian Martinez, Chris Smalls, Jordan “Jay” Flowers, Connor Spence, Michel “Mat” Cusick, Michael Aguillar, Mark Saber, Brett Daniels, Jason Anthony, Kathleen Kat Cole, Angelika “Angie” Maldonado, Justine Medina, Derrick Palmer, Derrick Palmer, Derrick Palmer, Derrick Palmer. “Mitch” Mitchell-Israel.
Photo: Stefan Ruiz
The Value of the Windswept Bus Stop Across the Street from Amazon’s Sprawling JFK8 Fulfillment Center on Staten Island, and Around the Corner from Its Smaller LDJ5 Sorting Facility, is that it is public propety. Amazon does not control it, which means the organizers of amazon labor union, free off their successive drive to unionize the 8,000 workers at jfk8, can use it as a hub to prepare for a union vote at ldj5. Explaining the Due Process to Prospective Members. IT’S A STEETEENT THAT AMAZON DOESN’t Control Its Workers, No Matter How Hard the Retail Giant May Try.
ALU’s President, Chris Smalls, Knows How Ruthless Amazon Can Be. Smeared as “Not Smart or Articulate” by Amazon’s Chief Counsel and Arrestted, Along With Two Others, for Bringing Free Food to A Break Room (The Charge was Trespassing), Smalls and Alu Prevailed, inaugurating the first unionized amazon warehouse – a chilling precedent Second-Largest Private Employer, which is intent on keeping its of unorganized facilities. Now, ITS Sights Are Set on LDJ5, WHICH HAS 1,600 WORKERS, MANY OF THE PART-TIMERS. “With the momentum from jfk8, and the way we’re organizing from the inside out, we’re hoping that this was another historical moment,” Smalls Says.
Organizers are determining to test that they have first victory over amazon was no fluke. Ldj5 is thus a crucial early test. When Ballots are counted in May, The Results Could Signal an Organizing Wave on the Horizon. Smalls has said he has been contacted by workers at dosens of Other amazon facilities who are interested in organizing with Alu.
Volunteers are Phone-Banking for the Union. Organizers Who Work for Amazon Have Effectatively Taken on a Second Job. The Company Underestimated Alu Once, but the Group Says it is bringing it full might to bear this time around. ALU TREASUREER MADELINE WESLEY, WHO HAS WORKED AT THE LDJ5 FACITILY FOR ABOUT NINE MONTHS, Amazon is “Fighting US Really Dirty.” Anti-union flyers are everywhere, and wesley says she has ben writen up twice for union-relay activities. The anti-union narrative can be effective, she adds: People have as asced if you will will do their pocketbook and where he can be beyed if they don’t honor a Strike. “They’re Just Spreading Lies,” She Says.
Still, Spirits are High. “I’m Feeling Good,” Sayys Mark Saber, who works at ldj5. “In the Last Couple of Days, We’ve Had Great Success with Flipping Nos to Yese.
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