Thread by @ForUsNotAmazon

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.

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@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

@Dr_Maha_Hilal @dcmuslimjustice @amazon @AwoodMpls Jeremy Al-Haj of @moworkerscenter talks about its own growth trying to match Amazon's local impact, and its "race to the bottom" on worker injuries, and polluting warehouses in Black and brown

"Amazon turns over 100% of its workforce every 8 months."

@Dr_Maha_Hilal shares the fundraiser for Poushawn, whose sister was going to join us today. Poushawn Brown, a mother of a 12 year old, died working at Amazon last year.

gofundme.com/f/poushawn-pou…

@Dr_Maha_Hilal Dan Stein shares the story from a member of @AwoodMpls, who says she needed to match the speed of the robots that work alongside her, which means no bathroom. No water. No breaks for stretching or pausing. #ProtectAmazonWorkers #AmazonHurts

@Dr_Maha_Hilal talks about #AmazonTornado worker deaths in Edwardsville, Illinois. Asking organizers what next steps are being planned by Amazon worker leaders with @AwoodMpls and @moworkerscenter in terms of safety and justice.

Jeremy Al-Haj of @moworkerscenter adds "At the banquet table of nature, there are no reserved seats. You get what you can take, and you keep what you can hold”, a quote by A Philip Randolph and pertains to Amazon organizing.

@moworkerscenter "This is not the United States of Amazon it's the United States of America" and it will be illegal for Amazon to retaliate on workers. Sometimes law isn't there for us, but they're protected when community stand with them walking back to the job - Jeremy Al-Haj
@moworkerscenter

The first time Amazon came to the table to negotiate with workers was when @AwoodMpls Amazon workers walked out to demand accommodation for ramadan fasting. - Awood Fellow Dan Stein

@Dr_Maha_Hilal introduces Amazon's surveillance empire and intention to control every action of workers forced to perform unrealistic goals at their jobs. Goals which injure workers at twice the rate of other warehouses.

Dan mentions @NelpNews report of how Amazon has lowered warehouse wages across the industry, and how it paid its Black warehouse workers 63 percent of their white coworkers’ average monthly earnings in Scott County.

nelp.org/news-releases/…

Jeremy talks about the @athenaforall coalition fundraiser for worker families after #AmazonTornado

AthenaForAll.org/tornado

Jeremy Al-Haj talks about how the Amazon fight is critical to every fight, including international human rights. That organizing here at home against undemocratic power, empowers all struggles.

@dannycendejas of @LaColectiVA703 closes us out with gratitude for Tina Brown, sister of Poushawn, and all speakers. And letting us know for all the future teach in's coming via this channel.