Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #protectamazonworkers
Most recents (7)
NEW REPORT: Amazon promised to be “Earth’s Safest Place to Work,” but our new report shows that injury rates at its facilities increased by a staggering 20 percent in 2021. (1/11)
#ProtectAmazonWorkers
thesoc.org/what-we-do/the…
#ProtectAmazonWorkers
thesoc.org/what-we-do/the…
KEY FACTS:
Amazon’s overall injury rate INCREASED by 20% from 2020 to 2021, with nearly 40,000 injuries last year. (2/11)
Amazon’s overall injury rate INCREASED by 20% from 2020 to 2021, with nearly 40,000 injuries last year. (2/11)
Despite just employing a third of warehouse workers, Amazon was responsible for a staggering 49% of injuries in the warehousing industry last year. (3/11)
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
Today, Jeff Bezos has decided to head for the exits rather than face the music.
A thread. (1/x)
A thread. (1/x)
In response to @JeffBezos stepping down as Amazon CEO for Andy Jassy, the head of Amazon Web Services, the @athenaforall coalition released the following statement from Maurice BP-Weeks @mo87mo87, an Athena leader and the Co-Exec Director of member group @ACREcampaigns. (2/x)
"The company Jeff Bezos started nearly three decades ago is under a cloud of scrutiny, with regulators from both sides of the aisle firing arrows from Washington, D.C. and lawmakers asking hard questions in states across the country." (3/x) #BreakUpAmazon #MonopolyIsNoGame
Today’s #MLK day converges with a lot.
1) Pandemic
2) Movement for Black lives
3) Anti-Democratic coup attempt
4) Unprecedented shuttering of small biz
5) Climate disaster at our door
All on the eve of the inauguration of Joe Biden, who must respond to all of it.
(1/)
1) Pandemic
2) Movement for Black lives
3) Anti-Democratic coup attempt
4) Unprecedented shuttering of small biz
5) Climate disaster at our door
All on the eve of the inauguration of Joe Biden, who must respond to all of it.
(1/)
Many players contributed to this, especially #BigTech. No player has more fingers in all of it than Jeff Bezos
@JoeBiden’s @Transition46 team considering Amazon insiders for positions designed to regulate Amazon is alarming
(2/) see @ddayen @ryangrim
prospect.org/cabinet-watch/…
@JoeBiden’s @Transition46 team considering Amazon insiders for positions designed to regulate Amazon is alarming
(2/) see @ddayen @ryangrim
prospect.org/cabinet-watch/…
How does @Amazon contribute to each of these?
Amazon played fast and loose with the lives of its workers through the pandemic.
Even prior to COVID19, its injury rate was 2X industry's.
see #ProtectAmazonWorkers (3/)
Amazon played fast and loose with the lives of its workers through the pandemic.
Even prior to COVID19, its injury rate was 2X industry's.
see #ProtectAmazonWorkers (3/)
(1/4) I work in an Amazon warehouse. My coworkers have been fired for speaking up about unsafe working conditions. COVID's rapid spread has made it unsafe for me to take care of my grandma, who’s been recovering from cancer.
Joe Biden promised to stand up for workers like me.
Joe Biden promised to stand up for workers like me.
(2/4) I’m alarmed that Biden’s @transition46 team is thinking about nominating a lawyer for Amazon to enforce laws against monopolies like Amazon. This is not what I voted/donated for. This is literally the fox guarding the henhouse.
(3/4) Amazon’s monopoly power allows it to mistreat workers like us. No corporation should have as much power as Amazon.
The President-Elect’s job is to appoint people who will fight for us, not for the world’s richest man against us. #ProtectAmazonWorkers #NoMalarkey
The President-Elect’s job is to appoint people who will fight for us, not for the world’s richest man against us. #ProtectAmazonWorkers #NoMalarkey
THREAD
"Time off task"
"Rate"
Let's talk about what these Orwellian terms really mean at @Amazon and why lawmakers must step in to #ProtectAmazonWorkers.
(1/🧵) #PrimeDay2020
vice.com/en/article/jgx…
"Time off task"
"Rate"
Let's talk about what these Orwellian terms really mean at @Amazon and why lawmakers must step in to #ProtectAmazonWorkers.
(1/🧵) #PrimeDay2020
vice.com/en/article/jgx…
Farhiyo Warsame, an Amazon warehouse worker, was targeted, surveilled, and fired by @Amazon after speaking up about unsafe conditions at work, according to Athena member, the @AwoodMpls Center.
(2/🧵)
#PrimeDay #ProtectAmazonWorkers
(2/🧵)
#PrimeDay #ProtectAmazonWorkers
"Time off task" or TOT
Amazon tracked Farhiyo Warsame's time in between each small task and used the accumulated extra seconds to justify threats for her eventual termination.
(3/🧵) #SafetyIsntSpying #ProtectAmazonWorkers
Amazon tracked Farhiyo Warsame's time in between each small task and used the accumulated extra seconds to justify threats for her eventual termination.
(3/🧵) #SafetyIsntSpying #ProtectAmazonWorkers
Today, Amazon worker #ChrisSmalls helped lead an Amazon walkout for lack of COVID19 compliance that put workers, customers and New York in danger
Today, Chris Smalls was shamefully fired by the wealthiest man in the world @JeffBezos #AmazonStrike
Sign
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-g…
Today, Chris Smalls was shamefully fired by the wealthiest man in the world @JeffBezos #AmazonStrike
Sign
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-g…
Please stand up to #ProtectAmazonWorkers and send a letter to hold Amazon accountable for COVID19 safety and firing #ChrisSmalls
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-g…
theguardian.com/business/2020/…
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-g…
theguardian.com/business/2020/…
