“Slowly but surely the tide is turning against Israeli apartheid.
But we’re not there yet.
In the past year we’ve received reports of students, workers, and journalists who have been harassed, targeted, and fired for speaking up in solidarity with Palestine.”
Dinesh @JustFuturesLaw tells 200+ and growing rally of our comrades:
Hey Jeff Bezos, we have to admit the best Super Bowl ad goes to Amazon.
Citations "New emails show that Ring's private surveillance network is sometimes being used by cops to surveil activities at major protests." @bigblackjacobin
Citation "14-hour shifts were common...the pressure to meet delivery rates meant Meyers used a plastic bottle to go to the bathroom on a daily basis." - @msainat1
Last year, Amazon's own numbers showed its emissions jumped double digits. That's like the world’s largest plane (A380 w 853 passengers) flying from London to Boston. 83,868 times.
But these emissions are *just* from Amazon brand products, which make up only 1% of products on Amazon dot com.
If all others produced similar levels, the total impact of Amazon on our air would be what the A380 would emit flying London to Boston... over 8 million times.
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These emissions aren't just numbers. They show up in notoriously underserved communities where environmental injustice is already wreaking havoc on health. In Newark where communities successfully beat back #NoSecretHub, 1 in 4 children has asthma.
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.
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!
@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