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  1. Feb 2025. 4,000 #warehouseworkers at #Amazon in #NorthCarolina vote on a union. Bosses “mobilized an army” ahead of the election, siccing local police on organizers and trying to pit black and Hispanic workers against each other.

    jacobin.com/2025/02/amazon-uni

    #frombelow #labormovement #organize #solidarity #unions #CAUSE #Amazon #NorthCarolina

  2. @maeve

    Billionaire Bezos (and bossy boots everywhere) always keen to “reduce the cost of labour” so sacks 1,700 wageslaves.
    cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/am
    What’s disgusting?
    #Unionbusting
    #Amazon #Quebec #warehouseworkers

  3. #BlackFriday #MakeAmazonPay #strikes took place in 20 countries even where #Amazon is not an employer by National Garment Workers Federation and the National Shop and Retail Workers Federation in #Bangladesh. Workers held demos in 10 cities where Amazon sources clothing and has recently moved into retail. (Photo: #NGWF)

    labourstart.org/cgi-bin/newsqu

    #labormovement #LabourStart #warehouseworkers #distributionworkers #transportworkers
    #unions

  4. Note Capitalists are always keen to “reduce the cost of labour”

    “Wages at the #Dandenong site are lower than they were at Hume. When the new site opened in 2018, the basic hourly rate was $28, less than the $32 paid at Hume when it finally closed.”

    theconversation.com/the-disput

    #BlameCapitalism #Woolworths #labormovement #warehouseworkers #organize #directaction #solidarity #strikes #unions #UWU

  5. US federal data reveals nearly 1.8M human warehouse workers, a 30% increase since early 2020, despite automation efforts. Robots are still struggling with crucial, simple tasks. 🤖📦 #WarehouseWorkers #Automation #Robots #LaborMarket #TechNews #AI #SupplyChain #WorkforceTrends