Solidarity with Amazon Workers?

[Wilf]

also own ABE books, the second hand seller. Also own The Book Depository which sells 2nd hand books on ABE

I've (unknowingly) used both of those.

 

[ska invita]

I've (unknowingly) used both of those.

i know, such gits arent they
they were both previously independent 'competitors' , bought up into the taxfree monopoly

 

[Wilf]

i know, such gits arent they
they were both previously independent 'competitors' , bought up into the taxfree monopoly

Showing my age, I had to look up what twitch and bebo were. In terms of bebo, I looked on their webpage and was still none the wiser.

 

[MickiQ]

It's a sort of FB for the cool kids. I suspect it was carefully designed to be incomprehensible to us old crumblies.

 

[hitmouse]

Showing my age, I had to look up what twitch and bebo were. In terms of bebo, I looked on their webpage and was still none the wiser.

I was going to say "fucking hell, can bebo still be going?" but looking it up apparently it went out of business in 2013 and was revived this year. I just kind of thought of it as a less successful MySpace competitor, so hearing Amazon own it was a bit like hearing they'd just bought up Ask Jeeves and Friends Reunited.

 

[hitmouse]

Been posted about on the main strike thread, but now seems like a good time to revive this thread since there's a lot happening at Amazon right now - Notes from Below just collected two reports from the wildcats as a printable bulletin:

Amazon workers' bulletin

by Notes from Below // A bulletin on the recent wildcat strikes at Amazon

notesfrombelow.org

 

[GarveyLives]

Amazon launches anti-union charm offensive ahead of UK workers’ vote

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[yield]

New York Amazon Workers Demand Paid Juneteenth Holiday
Labornotes July 11, 2024

Six hundred of our Amazon co-workers at five warehouses around New York signed a petition demanding starting wages of $25 an hour, time-and-a-half pay for Prime Day (July 16-17), seasonal workers converted to permanent status within 30 days of employment, and Juneteenth as a paid holiday.

 

[hash tag]

Not sure what I believe in this one, just hoping for the worst and fuck Amazon
BBC News - Amazon hit by 'strike' during holiday season scramble

Amazon hit by 'strike' during holiday season scramble

One of America's most powerful labour unions is staging a protest against the e-commerce giant.

www.bbc.com

 

[bcuster]

absolutely working like slaves in warehouses the size of the Pentagon on Christmas

 

[hash tag]

Heaven knows what the delivery drivers are going through in order to deliver all that shit.

 

[bcuster]

Not sure what I believe in this one, just hoping for the worst and fuck Amazon
BBC News - Amazon hit by 'strike' during holiday season scramble

Amazon hit by 'strike' during holiday season scramble

One of America's most powerful labour unions is staging a protest against the e-commerce giant.

www.bbc.com

Reuters reports wide spread job action

Amazon workers strike at seven US facilities ahead of Christmas rush​

https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-workers-go-strike-us-ahead-christmas-rush-union-seeks-contract-talks-2024-12-19/

 

[bcuster]

and immediate back pedaling by Ecommerce behemoth

Amazon agrees to worker safety measures to settle US probes​

https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-agrees-worker-safety-measures-settle-us-probe-2024-12-19/