US Amazon Strike during Amazon Prime Day
Jul. 10th, 2019 03:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unspeakablehorrorThe first major US strike against Amazon will occur for 6 hours during July 15, 2019, part of Amazon Prime Day (July 15-16). More information here:
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/8/20686109/amazon-workers-prime-day-strike
https://www.geekwire.com/2019/amazon-warehouse-workers-plan-prime-day-strike-companys-scale-comes-scrutiny/
The strike will take place at a Shakopee, Minnesota warehouse. The Awood Center has provided assistance with organizing the strike:
http://www.awoodcenter.org/
The Awood Center is a Minnesota based organization. Their mission statement is as follows:
"The Awood Center is a place for the East African Community to learn, defend our rights at work, and build East African worker power."
You can show solidarity with the striking workers by boycotting Amazon during the strike.
Please feel free to copy-paste or otherwise distribute the information in this post!
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/8/20686109/amazon-workers-prime-day-strike
https://www.geekwire.com/2019/amazon-warehouse-workers-plan-prime-day-strike-companys-scale-comes-scrutiny/
The strike will take place at a Shakopee, Minnesota warehouse. The Awood Center has provided assistance with organizing the strike:
http://www.awoodcenter.org/
The Awood Center is a Minnesota based organization. Their mission statement is as follows:
"The Awood Center is a place for the East African Community to learn, defend our rights at work, and build East African worker power."
You can show solidarity with the striking workers by boycotting Amazon during the strike.
Please feel free to copy-paste or otherwise distribute the information in this post!