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LIVE: Minnesota House votes on what could be the most powerful Amazon worker protection law in the nation #WorkShouldntHurtMN #AmazonHurts twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"This bill rests on the simple premise that all Minnesota workers deserve to be
safe and respected at work"
- MN State Rep @emmagreenman
safe and respected at work"
- MN State Rep @emmagreenman
@emmagreenman "No one should be unsafe in their workplace. I urge all my colleagues and members to vote yes for this great bill."
- MN State Rep @samakabforhouse
- MN State Rep @samakabforhouse
BREAKING: We demand Congress hold a hearing on @Amazon’s safety crisis.
3 Amazon workers in NJ died on the job in 3 weeks.
The 1st worker, Rafael, died in the Prime Day rush–when consumers shop, and workers fulfill orders til they drop
🧵 #AmazonHurts
forbes.com/sites/richardn…
3 Amazon workers in NJ died on the job in 3 weeks.
The 1st worker, Rafael, died in the Prime Day rush–when consumers shop, and workers fulfill orders til they drop
🧵 #AmazonHurts
forbes.com/sites/richardn…
We're calling on @SenSchumer @SpeakerPelosi @PattyMurray @SenatorBurr @BobbyScott @virginiafoxx to use your oversight responsibility and respond to the tragic deaths of NJ Amazon workers and the 34,000 serious injuries last year alone.
2/x #AmazonHurts
athenaforall.medium.com/letter-to-cong…
2/x #AmazonHurts
athenaforall.medium.com/letter-to-cong…
We urge your committees to exercise oversight responsibility by convening a public emergency congressional hearing, asking questions of the individuals responsible for the dangerous labor practices that are causing these injuries and deaths, including Amazon CEO @ajassy.
3/x
3/x
For years, workers have been fighting Amazon using surveillance to punish and fire, and injure and even kill them.
Today @SenBobCasey is taking a stand, calling on the Department of Labor to take action #AmazonHurts
Today @SenBobCasey is taking a stand, calling on the Department of Labor to take action #AmazonHurts
Workers should not be subject to tools for exploitation developed on plantations and in factories 100+ yrs ago.
We call on Congress, once again, to ban surveillance that harms workers' health and safety.
athenaforall.medium.com/end-worker-sur…
We call on Congress, once again, to ban surveillance that harms workers' health and safety.
athenaforall.medium.com/end-worker-sur…
Through inaction, Congress & federal agencies are making a choice to allow Amazon to continue to exploit workers.
Government has the power to stop Amazon from using surveillance to punish & push workers to injury & death.
It's time they use this power.
Government has the power to stop Amazon from using surveillance to punish & push workers to injury & death.
It's time they use this power.
Meet Melissa Ojeda, Daniel Rivera & Sara Fee.
Just now: They are part of 160 @IEAmazonWorkers workers in work stoppage and walk out from @Amazon's gigantic air hub holding up the western region of their logistics!
#AmazonHurts 1/x
washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
Just now: They are part of 160 @IEAmazonWorkers workers in work stoppage and walk out from @Amazon's gigantic air hub holding up the western region of their logistics!
#AmazonHurts 1/x
washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
@ieamazonworkers @amazon As the very first coordinated action from an Amazon air facility, this action boldly escalates the fight for demands @Amazon workers are making across the country:
✊🏽 fair pay
✊🏿 safe, healthy workplace
✊🏻 end to retaliation for unions
2/x #AmazonHurts
warehouseworkers.org/wwrc_campaigns…
✊🏽 fair pay
✊🏿 safe, healthy workplace
✊🏻 end to retaliation for unions
2/x #AmazonHurts
warehouseworkers.org/wwrc_campaigns…
This means the vast majority of the current shift have just walked out.
They make up about 11% of Amazon workers in this critical @Amazon facility.
It comes on the heels of 3 deaths of Amazon workers in just 3 weeks in New Jersey.
3/x #AmazonHurts
They make up about 11% of Amazon workers in this critical @Amazon facility.
It comes on the heels of 3 deaths of Amazon workers in just 3 weeks in New Jersey.
3/x #AmazonHurts
LIVE NOW: Hear directly from workers and organizers about conditions faced at warehouses, how Amazon puts lives at risk, and what we can do to support workers.
facebook.com/LaColectiVA703…
facebook.com/LaColectiVA703…
@Dr_Maha_Hilal of @dcmuslimjustice opens things up, talking about @Amazon's professed "culture of safety" vs the reality of abandoning and endangering Amazon workers.
@Dr_Maha_Hilal @dcmuslimjustice @amazon Dan Stein of the @AwoodMpls talks about how Amazon moved into Minnesota, and targeting the Somali and East African community for recruitment--promising "good, safe, reliable jobs".
"But that's not what they found"
#ProtectAmazonWorkers #AmazonHurts #AntiBlackAmazon
"But that's not what they found"
#ProtectAmazonWorkers #AmazonHurts #AntiBlackAmazon
