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8 Mar, 6 tweets, 5 min read
The tide has turned at Amazon in Alabama completely in the union’s favor.

Biden’s support was a game changer - I’ve never seen anything like it
I was there in Nissan in Canton, Miss in 2017 when a majority Black workforce voted down uaw as workers feel victim to divide & conquer tactics.

Workers at Amazon, Biden & BLM learned lessons of that defeat & pushing forward

Check out @FrankNewsUS franknews.us/interviews/528…
Donate to help us continue to cover the fight at Amazon in Alabama.

NYT NPR & other cites - were the only publication whose spent last decade covering overlooked union drives in the south paydayreport.com/help-us-cover-…
.@campbellnyt not sure if Amazon Web Services, which runs twitter “fake news” flag program, is letting these guys get through, but it appears their is a “Roll Tide” meme developing in Amazon union fight - get the bama fans invovled could be a game changer
Last week, @twiiter run by Amazon Web Services took down a @greenhousenyt on the intimidation of Black workers in Amazon to prevent it from going viral.

Really dirty tricks - see @ddayen for more google.com/amp/s/prospect…
You can give 2 and 26 dollars in donations to cover the changing tide during the Amazon union vote.

#RollTide #RollTide lets fundraise some money to cover #OrganizeTheSouth

Am I doing this right @campbellnyt paydayreport.com/help-us-cover-…

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21 Feb
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon is offering $2,000 "Resignation Bonuses" to bust the union drive in Alabama.

Amazon is telling workers that they can quit now, take the $2,000 "resignation bonuses" & come back to work after the union election.

paydayreport.com/amazon-offers-…
Amazon is LITERALLY pulling out all the stops.

They even got local authorities to shorter traffic lights outside of the plant gates to make it more difficult to hand out union lit
paydayreport.com/amazon-offers-…
here are images of the "resignation bonuses" being sent to workers.
Read 4 tweets
9 Jul 20
“This could be a growth & power building moment for unions, & it’s not because there is a lack of vision" - @neidid

Since June 1st, there have been over 600 BLM inspired strikes

Black & Brown workers talk their frustrations w/ traditional labor leaders. paydayreport.com/how-black-brow…
@neidid “A lot of people may say this is not a strike, well, you tell that to these workers now who are getting their grievances heard,” @marqlamar on non-traditional strike wave in non-union workplaces inspired by BLM

Over 600 strikes since June 1st

paydayreport.com/how-black-brow…
No longer are union leaders calling for strike votes w/ strict control of strike activity.

Now workers, often non-union,, are coordinating online & simply walking out.

My look at over 600 BLM inspired strikes since June 1st. paydayreport.com/how-black-brow…
Read 8 tweets
10 May 20
Striking garbage workers in New Orleans, making $10.25 an hour, were fired en masse this week.

Now, they are being replaced by prison labor.

paydayreport.com/prison-labor-r…
“$10.25 to pick up trash - come on now. It’s contaminated now with coronavirus,” strike leader Gregory Woods told Payday Report.

paydayreport.com/prison-labor-r…
NoLa refuses to meet with the striking garbage workers.

“They aren’t trying to hear us,” says Woods. “They don’t care about us; they would let anything happen. If we were to get sick, they don’t care if we spread the disease"

paydayreport.com/prison-labor-r…
Read 6 tweets
1 Mar 20
"It's frustrating. They always say listen to black women" says 30-year old WalMart worker & Bernie supporter Just Asia.

"And then its like don't listen to those black women. Listen to the ones we want you to listen not the ones that actually gotta to work at 3 in the morning".
"What can WalMart say to the President of the United States if he saying that I want my people to unionize, thats a different kind of motivation" - WalMart worker Just Asia on why WalMart workers are the biggest group of donors to the Bernie Campaign
Wal-Mart worker Just Asia says she didn't vote for Obama either time cuz she didn't think he was for real.

Then she heard Bernie talking about systemic racism and she got on board.
Read 8 tweets
4 Jan 20
A bunch of Nazis just tried to invade anti-war rally and got a classic yinzer anti-fa boot.

Wild scene.
They were holding these anti-Semitic signs earlier
This entire incident happened a mile away from where 11 Jews were killed in the Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre.

Yinzers in the Burgh weren’t having it
Read 10 tweets
8 Aug 19
NEW: The raid that detained 680 immigrants in Miss. comes after Koch Food Inc. paid $3.5 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit at the plant.

Workers at the plant are members of @UFCW & plan to fight back

paydayreport.com/ice-raids-miss…
@UFCW Conditions were so bad at the plant that the EEOC forced the company to install a 24 hour hotline to report sexual and other forms of harassment

paydayreport.com/ice-raids-miss…
If you value our reporting on the ICE raid in Miss, please consider donating so we can keep doing it

paydayreport.com/donate/
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