Apr 20 2024 70 mins 4
The fight to unionize Amazon is taking place at multiple facilities in multiple states around the United States, as well as globally. Amazon is the second largest corporation in the U.S. and unionizing it is a crucial task of the working class in the U.S. and globally.
The path to rebuilding a fighting labor movement must go through this trillion-dollar corporation.
In the struggle to unionize Amazon, what is the role of the big, existing unions, and what is the role of independent unions? What will it take to unionize the behemoth?
This week On Strike meets with independent union organizers in North Carolina who are fighting to unionize in the South, at the RDU1 facility. Their union is called CAUSE, Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment. They talk with us about Amazon’s union busting, discrimination against immigrant workers, and their demands for $30 an hour, 180 hours paid time off, longer breaks, and much more. They also explain why they don’t support Biden or the Democrats, and why we need a new party for working people.
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