Imagine working tirelessly to make working conditions better for a huge number of workers and ensure them fair treatment, fair wages, and protections if the company tries to mistreat them and people instead thank a fictional character for it happening. Thank the people doing the work.
I'm inclined to agree with the other commentor here. If your God is so grand... Why then are people finally forced to fight back against tyrannical mega corporations after decades of suffering and exploitation of workers? It's this stupid blind faith bs that led them to be able to amass immeasurable profits from abusing everyone's life. Stop blindly wishing for a God, a miracle, a messiah, a politician, or whatever rudimentary system to fix yours or our problems. Power be to us people who want to work towards a better future; a future that is being robbed from us.
@@fearalice that's a great way to get half the country to stop supporting labor solidarity. There's no reason to quibble about who gets "thanks". The thanks doesn't even matter until collective bargaining is even successful.
@@SubvertTheState Sorry, i don't understand, what is a good way to get half the country to stop supporting labor solidarity? Calling out the insanity of thanking a fictional character for the hard work of actual people? Or not attributing it to god? Cause if either of those things would cause a person to stop supporting labor solidarity that sounds like a shortcoming of that person.
every single business in the world should have a union that negotiates fair compensation with the company. otherwise companies have proven they can and will take advantage of you.
The decline of unions led to abuses by employers and wages so low that workers live in vehicles or tents. You go! Unionise and strike for safe working conditions and a living wage. Any corporation that engages in union-bsting or union exclusion should be fined heavily for it. Hopefully the union will send lawyers if federal prosecutors won't do their jobs. I have Amazon prime, but will boycott the company as long as workers are striking them. Some of their customers are on your side.
I think it’s deeper than that. Reagan really fucked up workers rights and labor rights around the country. He showed that he was willing to side with capital and use state power to destroy the ppl. And then when you couple that with the second Revolution or production, they got tons of productivity and goods, consumers got a slight bump in purchasing power and managers, bankers, hedge funds and corporate got a lil piece of that but it’s nothing compared to what executives and up got. Corporations spent a million to get billions. That’s what happened, they paid off the ppl that were supposed to be the guardrails against them.
Until Amazon is unionized, I will continue to boycott. I write this because Amazon treats their workers horrible. I hope union people one day will demand collective ownership of production and distribution under socialist industrial unionism.
@@JohnT.4321 you need a far more union participation across the country for that like +35% and a general strike. But a general strike is essentially illegal (not that it matters) but the state will come down on you hard and even willing to kill (not that matters cuz they were going to do that anyway)
@@Honorbound43 I meant just that across the nation. Unions would need to come together from every trade and industry to form into socialist industrial unions for collective ownership. They would throw the capitalists out of the buildings thus ending collective bargaining and keep production and distribution going. Yes, I know that the US government would step in to squash it and murder innocent people in the process to protect the capitalist class interest. That is the function of capitalist government. We all have to agree on what socialist political party that would look out for the interests of workers and ordinary people and help in the socialist reconstruction of society.
The story of the young pregnant lady told is just heart breaking, all of their stories are just extreme abuse, plain and simple abuse. This is what anti union, anti worker, anti regulation, pro billionaire has done to people. This is how they broke the middle class.
Apparently you didn't hear the part where she said that she refused to tell her employer that she was 4 months pregnant when she took the job. Whose fault's that?
@@Michael-rx6ji Because they would have used it as a pretext not to hire her. Hiring discrimination, like workers rights, is one of the many things that has not been enforced.
workers deserve more respect and better treatment, the companies that employ them forget they wouldn't exist without them and they need to be reminded of that, i support workers' unions
As a former UPS driver, 35 years ago, the Teamsters are not perfect and can get in bed with management at times, will need to be held accountable, but if it takes them to get fair wages and days off, use them.
no the teamsters are nowhere near perfect. I wish it was a more radical union but those have lost their power in living memory. However in a case like this; the teamster union has the legal clout to get some amount of justice served and thats what matters.
Amazon has it wrong. If their drivers are truly "independent contractors" then that woman who was overheated could drive her truck back to the warehouse and go home and take care of her health. And if Amazon decided who is terminated, and NOT the contractor, then this has established an employer/employee relationship. Microsoft lost a lawsuit like this. I will hang strong with the striking workers! They were there for us during the covid lockdown. What would we have done without them?! Also I don't like the idea that people work in triple digit heat at the warehouse and in the trucks! Maybe a letter writing campainge to Amazon will change thier minds? I haven't renewed my prime membership for 5 years when I found out about worker abuses. WE can all go to the store and shop in air conditioning. If I go early in the morning or late at night it's not bad at all.
Teamsters is a joke I retired from UPS Freight the union got us the worst contract in ups history. Ups purchase Overnight and the union promised us everything under the sun when we signed the contract they forgot about us! The local teamsters is a joke. Unfortunately,Amazon needs a big union IBT is a joke and only care about union dues 80.00 per month x 16000 drivers just on the freight side. Amazon needs to unionize just not with teamsters. Everything I’ve said is true. Look at UPS freight contract that ends August 1, 2023. It’s laughable how shitty that contract is.
@@christopherlauter9403 There is no UPS Fright, was sold to TForce couple years ago!!!. And TForce just signed new contract with Teamsters What are u talking about?
@@nighteule Yes that's a big problem. We have many great acts, and laws on the books. For example the Equal Pay for Equal Work act of 1963. 2 people who work as janitors should be paid exactly the same. But they are not. Then there is no one enforcing the law or giving penalties, or better yet making the employer pay the cheated employee the back wages owed them.
@@Bonzi_BuddyA union isn’t forced just like your employer isn’t forcing you to be employed-what a braindead, pro-corporate take you have on unions. Almost like your an employer against unions but don’t wanna admit it so pretend to be a working class.
We need more of this all over America 🇺🇸 Greedy corporations need to give their employees fair wages,healthcare and safe work conditions!The greed in our 'Corporate America' is stunning & inhumane! The average American can not make ends meet working 2-3 jobs! And NO they're NOT living beyond their means! KUDOS to the employees on the picket line trying to make a difference for ALL of us! And kudos to Teamsters and all Unions standing with us everyday people just trying to make a decent living for our families...and survive!
Then the same consumers pay for all those wages, you think the oligarchs are going to take a pay cut, maybe not take a bonus? Do you think the shareholders will pick up the tab? No, the consumers will disproportionately pay for unions
The consumers are already being ripped off for disposable junk made by children in China and Mexico. The company didn't pass the savings on to you anyway and doesn't plan to start any time soon.
@@monsieurdorgat6864 Even if you do get an attorney somehow, someway. The Corporate Lawyer WILL keep you tied up in Litigation for YEARS. And even if you manage to get through it all, they Corporation will only pay a small fine compared to their Profits.
@@monsieurdorgat6864 If you embezzle money from a company, and the company fires you for it, that is also retaliation. Some people don't think a company should be allowed to act in its own interests.
I've been with ups for 17 years driving. This is a fight for the middle-class not just for the teamsters this is a fight for everyone who has lost or is losing to corporate. It stops we actually run the market not Wall Street
@@leobigelow7021 Alternatively, he helps generate the huge profits, of which he receives a disproportionate amount. Don't denigrate truck drivers, dude, they are the lifeblood of the US economy. Look around you, pretty much everything you see was transported by a truck driver, at some point. At one time, a truck driver could own a home, and raise 3 kids comfortably. These days, many of them have to live in their cabs. That could happen to you too, show some solidarity.
@@ConradNeill That's never happening again. Owning a home and raising a family on one regular income will never be possible again. That's a ridiculous standard set by post-war America.
Still recall a John Deere worker, who was on strike against the company's abusive practices; when he was asked how long could he continue to fight against such a massive corporation, he replied: "One day longer than they can." Solidarity forever.
In reality, he finally gets back to work after months, which wipes him out financially. Then his wife divorces him after fights over money and debt make things unreasonable for her to continue. After a spiral into alcoholism and crippling depression, he kills himself - likely after missing seeing his kids on a holiday because the ex-wife took them to meet her boyfriend's parents and siblings. He may have won the battle, but they won the war. Whenever you play that game, measure the cost and determine what you will likely lose and what you can realistically afford to lose.
I went out on strike in 1989 with the IAM...... I'm still waiting for the phone to ring...... Oh yeah the Union leadership that led us out with "ONE DAY LONGER!!!" mantra quietly went to work for the AFL-CIO after the company shut down and ended up with a very nice pension. Union's are great!!
This summer will forever go down as the summer of the union and trust me. It’s only the beginning of the union revitalization in this country from assigning see, we are seeing unions rising up and coming back and we need to keep pushing and keep that momentum going!
Would be glorious. People have gotten too used to instant gratification. People aren't robots and ordering items doesn't make packages appear by magic. Most people would do well to keep that in mind when they order stupid shit like diapers instead of driving their lazy ass to the store.
Unfortunately all of the employees will loose their monthly salaries, see their bills pile up, be late on their mortgages, and generally have their lives severely impacted. They would never recover what they lost in salaries, and they would have to catch up on their bills. All for a few dollars pay raise. And upon returning, layoffs because of lost contracts, and the higher salary bases. The winner? The Union. Increased Union dues revenue. A strike is never good.
@@VictoriousGardenosaurus it's almost like inflation exists and democrat policies like raising the minimum wage and stimulus checks on top of loan forgiveness devalue our currency by artificially inflating the number. printing more money makes the value of the existing money go down. neat how that works, huh?
@@jishani1 its neat bow the national debt went up by 30% under Donald Trump, due to his socialist policies of stimulus checks and the PPP. Neat how tax cuts, pushed by Republicans, for big businesses have drained the coffers of government. Neat how red states are net receivers of government aid, meaning they take more than they give. What waa that about Democrats again?
The value of gold is determined by many factors. A major contributor was the increased demand by people using gold as a safe haven against economic uncertainty which seemed to trend around the year 2000 and afterwards. Gold stopped being the standard for US currency in 1971, and as such, should not be used as a comparison for wages for obvious reasons.
@@DemonDog444 A lack of guaranteed housing and food forces these people to stay in a job they hate. If you really want to live in a free market you have to make not working an option, and I can tell that's not what you want so you'll have to understand that regulating the companies to force them to provide better working conditions is the solution you're asking for.
This video opens with an often-repeated mistake. Amazon is not difficult due to it's size and scale. It's difficult mostly for it's warehouse culture, it's dissent-recuperation tactics, and it's staffing tactics like sub-contracting, all of which are very effective at pre-empting worker organizing.
As a small business owner, *I* *LOVE* *UNIONS!* I Love Unions because I need what EVERY small business owner needs... I need Customers; aka Consumers with Money. Union Workers organize and demand proper wages = Money. Union Workers have Money and therefore, can become my valuable Customers. Non-union Workers are too timid and/or ignorant to organize and are therefore, weaker and poorer. They choose to be poor slave and they are NOT going to become My (or Your) customers, they are a drag upon our entire economy. I LOVE UNIONS BECAUSE *UNIONS* *CREATE* *MIDDLE* *CLASS!* and because I want Our country to have a Big and Strong Middle Class, thanks to Unions.
"Living wage" is one of those "sweet nothings." It doesn't mean anything in particular except that you want more, more, more. And you are never satisfied. It wouldn't matter how much Amazon paid. You would still say it wasn't a "living wage." It's not like workers are dropping dead. If you took the term "living wage" at face value (being able to live) it would mean that workers were dropping dead. Since that is not the case, it must just be rhetoric.
And that's where the problem is. The country along with the help of the media already have you thinking the way you do. Have you ever asked yourself if they are not getting underpaid? And what about celebrities? Why are they getting millions and millions MORE than what a doctor makes in his career but yet the people NEVER bat an eye when it comes to that right? So what justifies thier pay but yet doesn't justify us the middle class the ones who you, yourself are a part of? I'll wait
@@rivasflores86ou are correct, teachers police medical staff all deserve more pay too but they need to band together though like the lower clas people are and keep the fire lit, you always hear about the lower class protesting in the media but not enough of the middle class for them to gain the nationwide spotlight and support.
@@rivasflores86the beef isn't with high paid entertainment jobs it's with high paid managerial staff CEOs and shareholders who gets a majority of the profit rather than going to the workers
@@rivasflores86 Keep defending your masters! The pay increase for the upper echelons has exponentially outpaced that of people at the lower tiers! That is the problem!
Unions used to be illegal; legalization and "labor peace" legislation came *after* and *in response to* the growth of the labor movement. Workers need to be ready and willing to fight instead of looking to the capitalist state to help.
Keep sharing pro-strike and pro labor videos as far and wide as you can. You won’t see much major news coverage of it, because of the corporate interests that own literally all major news outlets. We CAN do it ourselves. Let’s remind America who the real enemy is: the super rich, and the systems they put in place to let them stay that way.
Straight up! It's not boogiemen like LGBT or POC these are distractions to split people and has been seen throughout history so that the rich can better control the majority! Stop attacking eachother and instead look up their is a murder hornet trying to Storm the bee hive! Work together and create a bee ball can't do it alone only together!!
We, the consumers, are also responsible for Amazon’s exploitation and maltreatment of these hard working men and women because of our shopping habits. Do we really need our packages delivered in a New York minute? We need to think of how our consumer habits and expectations are contributing to the exploitation of a class of workers. We, the consumers, need to step up and support the strikers in whatever way we can.
unions have not called for any boycotts of any service. it’s counterproductive to place blame on consumers when the union hasn’t done so. it makes a stronger argument when demand is the same yet the scabs can’t handle it
The functional problem with this argument is that Amazon can provide lightning fast deliveries without underpaying and overworking them, if they were really struggling for money Blue Origin wouldn't exist. Also keep in mind that when idiots boycotted a few years ago to protest for improved working conditions for Amazon warehouse and delivery drivers, all that happened is their system automatically lowered the amount of hours these employees received, because it's an automated system that can react faster than you can think about what color your underwear is. Everybody just had fewer hours and less money, which accounted for the deficit in profit from sold goods. The boycott screwed workers and the people high up in the company creating these problems didn't even notice there was a boycott at all. So no, don't boycott, unless you can unilaterally prevent them from selling ANYTHING for months, say for example by preventing their logistics network from functioning by going on strike, you're not going to effect the bottom line enough for them to make a change. I don't normally buy anything from Amazon anyway, it's better to just consistently stop using a service that you don't like.
Good luck Amazon is going to fight to make sure you dont unionized. You guys need it for the in human way amazon treats its drivers and workers. Wish you all thr best!
Amazon, Starbucks, UPS, the Writer's Guild and actors, hotel workers, Longshoreman, airline pilots (including FedEx), railroad workers, public school teachers/professors, truck drivers, and WalMart employees. All of you, keep fighting the good fight. This is a monumental and historic moment for labor. Union, YES!
Lets clarify some things here. I've been an Amazon associate for 4 years in a delivery station. I'm all for getting paid more money lol. The pregnant lady complaining about being dehydrated, so she decided not to take care of herself and that Amazon's fault? The Subcontractor is responsible for sending DA's help, Amazon isn't in charge of delivery associates, that the contractors responsibility. I agree Amazon can improve and change things. But there are a lot of false narratives in this video that Amazon isn't responsible for.
We need unions again! I heard about them growing up but I don’t see them anymore. I used to work for autozone and they would beat it into your head in training that “this is a union free company! We will have no unions here” and it was the most disgusting thing to have to sit through before making $10 an hour.
The unions are alive and well. I sometimes wish we had organizers as charismatic as Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, but the training and support of strong unions continue to appeal to many workers and the businesses that hire them. During the great healthcare debate, under Clinton, and later Obama, I really wished that the AFL-CIO had a frothing at the mouth, true believer, fanatic, shouting that: "We are here to help every American to get quality healthcare and pension benefits! Here's how to organize your workplace!"
I agree, but it will never happen. I work for ups, there are days where at least 80 percent of the packages are Amazon. I hate that so many people order from them
I don't order from Amazon especially around the time where they start promoting Prime I don't like getting things the same day as someone else's sacrifice. We can't even be patient anymore getting packages.
you sure are taking them down by not shopping at amazon. im sure all the other people will join with you and stop being lazy and having things delivered to their house. im sure they'll go outside, pick things up for themselves. move heavy things on their own and socialize with other people. 🤡
I wish Texas was as passionate about unionizing Amazon. I would love to have a contract at my Amazon, it's been in the triple digits and could use improvements.
Here is why the owner class should worry. They took too much away from the working class, and now workers arent afraid of losing their job because its not much to lose.
As a small business owner, *I* *LOVE* *UNIONS!* I Love Unions because I need what EVERY small business owner needs... I need Customers; aka Consumers with Money. Union Workers organize and demand proper wages = Money. Union Workers have Money and therefore, can become my valuable Customers. Non-union Workers are too timid and/or ignorant to organize and are therefore, weaker and poorer. They choose to be poor slaves and they are NOT going to become My (or Your) customers, they are a drag upon our entire economy. I LOVE UNIONS BECAUSE UNIONS CREATE MIDDLE CLASS! ... and because I want Our country to have a Big and Strong Middle Class, thanks to Unions.
you got one thing wrong there - unions dont create the middle class... they elevate the wellbeing and wealth of the working class the middle class is a term the owning class made up to play the working class against itself there always is a "middle class" ... because theres always a middle between the poorest and the richest... and that allows them to make people see those as different... the poor working class as something you want to leave or avoid... and the middle class you want to get or stay in... and suddenly the working class is divided and scrambling for scraps rather than uniting and fighting the owners you can see that in your own rethoric... talking down on non-union workers... that they "choose" to be poor... you even blame them for economic downturns... when they are the most exploited people... they are the people unions are trying to help united we bargain - divided we beg.
@@SharienGaming LOL! Semantically, you are correct, but irrelevant. My comment was intended to be a TH-cam posting, not an academic treatise; I was speaking colloquially, and not in any lexical vernacular. But thank you for noticing. I am glad someone is paying attention. Keep up the good work.
My sentiments exactly.... most people are too selfish and don't think about how those packages take a toll on the drivers especially when management is putting the pressure on them about deliveries skipping breaks and having to relieve themselves in bottles.
The problem is capitalism. As long as we the people tolerate living under it, our corporate overlords will find new ways to weasle around the law to extract as much wealth and work from their workers as they can. Workers need to own the means of production!
They need to organize the delivery drivers. This should be an easy campaign. I have 9 experience as a BA and organizer I wish I could help them. They work harder than UPS workers and are not even paid half of what a UPS driver makes. They have to load their vehicles and are under tremendous pressure from the contractors. With Amazon recently making the move of handling all of their deliveries this is the perfect time to organize.
They hire us to work because they need to get their company to grow, we take the jobs because we need money and are perfectly fine with working for it, it needs to be a good mutual understanding that just because you pay us, doesn't mean you get to disrespect us and put us through inhuman conditions. Our paychecks aren't to be used to make our jobs better, that's literally the employees responsibility; contract worker or not. I may not be able to join them in their strike, but I fully support it!!
here's the understanding. they had the money to start the business, they took the risk of investing money into something that wasn't guaranteed, even when statistically they were more likely to fail and lose their investment and make nothing in return. you, as the worker, signed on after they had done all of the hard work and get to do the day to day operations without having to wonder where your money is coming from or if you're going to lose everything or not. don't like what you're being paid? go elsewhere. you agreed to the wage when you signed on, and now you receive that. you did not have the capital, the skills or the connection to start a company, or you wouldn't be signing on for $15 an hour.
Unions keep management in check. I have worked for Centurylink as a union worker and it makes a huge difference when you have a union rep with you to counter check management.
I was a driver as well, i got hired in 2019 but left in 2021 because i didnt like the treatment. I rememeber the first week i was there, i saw a grandfather of one of my coworkers smiling after dropping him off and telling him this is a union job. The kid said, no, amazon is not a union. The grandfather laughed and said, "One day it will be. You watch." For some reason that stuck with me. And i agree with him. I think amazon workers will do it.
You guys should ask for alot don't limit yourself. Get Better pay better work environment a democratically ran system in the work place. 4 day work week 32 hours with no reduction in pay Paid vacations time along with sick time maternity leave and paternity leave.
Amazon is a job for teenagers trying to get through college not full grown adults who have kids to feed, if you want better working conditions, get a better job! One that is skilled!
Any Company owner, CEO, or manager that illegally fires someone should be thrown in prison. Depriving someone of their livelihood is akin to a death sentence. It shouldn't be tolerated.
You guys can do it keep it up!! Dont settle there’s no reason why you guys can’t have rights or benefits. Every Amazon employee needs to do this!!! You guys have numbers to prove that they need you! And if you need somebody, what do you do when you need somebody you treat them good and right and you guys deserve that!! I’m a ups union member and I always tell people that come into UPS that if you’re just here to get a paycheck, Go to Amazon cause here you need to use your rights or you lose your rights. Grieve, supervisors that touch your packages, don’t put up with harassment,I’m all for my union. First five years of my UPS career I was late to work six years later still there! They can’t fire you for being late that’s some good shit. Overtime after five hours double time on Mondays! Don’t tell me, my Union don’t take care of me
Amazon and all big business can afford better pay and benefits to their employees. No owner or CEO is worth the billions or millions annual salary they are paid.
BEZOS founded the company. He invented the business model. He completely changed the face of retailing the world over. He's on the same level as Henry Ford. Oh, and Amazon also lost $3 billion for the first several years of its existence. Where were the unions then? Now that they're money, they're on it like flies on a carcass, but Bezos is worth every dime he has, unlike some fat truck driver who wants more money for pizza, beer and porn.
Then don't pay it. The thing is that you pay companies because they give you something that you want. And you get to shop around to try to get the best deal. What is with this attitude of "these people can afford to be tied down and robbed?"
@@PvblivsAelivs Exactly how are they tied down? Unemployment is at 3.6% Employers are screaming for workers. And these lazy children are trying to squeeze it out of Amazon because they're too dumb and/or lazy to develop skills that might actually have value. This is literally completely unskilled labor. Anyone can do it.
I am currently struggling with this as well. Allowing feelings of bitterness and resentment in comes easy, I have found relief in being grateful for being a part of the teamsters
Thank God this is happening. Workers everywhere need to unite and demand safe workplaces and fair wages.
Imagine working tirelessly to make working conditions better for a huge number of workers and ensure them fair treatment, fair wages, and protections if the company tries to mistreat them and people instead thank a fictional character for it happening. Thank the people doing the work.
I'm inclined to agree with the other commentor here. If your God is so grand... Why then are people finally forced to fight back against tyrannical mega corporations after decades of suffering and exploitation of workers? It's this stupid blind faith bs that led them to be able to amass immeasurable profits from abusing everyone's life. Stop blindly wishing for a God, a miracle, a messiah, a politician, or whatever rudimentary system to fix yours or our problems. Power be to us people who want to work towards a better future; a future that is being robbed from us.
@@fearalice that's a great way to get half the country to stop supporting labor solidarity. There's no reason to quibble about who gets "thanks". The thanks doesn't even matter until collective bargaining is even successful.
@@SubvertTheState Sorry, i don't understand, what is a good way to get half the country to stop supporting labor solidarity? Calling out the insanity of thanking a fictional character for the hard work of actual people? Or not attributing it to god? Cause if either of those things would cause a person to stop supporting labor solidarity that sounds like a shortcoming of that person.
every single business in the world should have a union that negotiates fair compensation with the company. otherwise companies have proven they can and will take advantage of you.
The decline of unions led to abuses by employers and wages so low that workers live in vehicles or tents. You go! Unionise and strike for safe working conditions and a living wage. Any corporation that engages in union-bsting or union exclusion should be fined heavily for it. Hopefully the union will send lawyers if federal prosecutors won't do their jobs. I have Amazon prime, but will boycott the company as long as workers are striking them. Some of their customers are on your side.
If you're paying Amazon for anything, you aren't boycotting them.
I think it’s deeper than that. Reagan really fucked up workers rights and labor rights around the country. He showed that he was willing to side with capital and use state power to destroy the ppl.
And then when you couple that with the second Revolution or production, they got tons of productivity and goods, consumers got a slight bump in purchasing power and managers, bankers, hedge funds and corporate got a lil piece of that but it’s nothing compared to what executives and up got.
Corporations spent a million to get billions. That’s what happened, they paid off the ppl that were supposed to be the guardrails against them.
Until Amazon is unionized, I will continue to boycott. I write this because Amazon treats their workers horrible. I hope union people one day will demand collective ownership of production and distribution under socialist industrial unionism.
@@JohnT.4321 you need a far more union participation across the country for that like +35% and a general strike. But a general strike is essentially illegal (not that it matters) but the state will come down on you hard and even willing to kill (not that matters cuz they were going to do that anyway)
@@Honorbound43 I meant just that across the nation. Unions would need to come together from every trade and industry to form into socialist industrial unions for collective ownership. They would throw the capitalists out of the buildings thus ending collective bargaining and keep production and distribution going. Yes, I know that the US government would step in to squash it and murder innocent people in the process to protect the capitalist class interest. That is the function of capitalist government. We all have to agree on what socialist political party that would look out for the interests of workers and ordinary people and help in the socialist reconstruction of society.
The story of the young pregnant lady told is just heart breaking, all of their stories are just extreme abuse, plain and simple abuse. This is what anti union, anti worker, anti regulation, pro billionaire has done to people. This is how they broke the middle class.
I SAY LET’S BOYCOTT AMAZON😡😡😡 DON’T BUY SHIT FROM THEM IN SUPPORT OF THE STRIKERS.
Apparently you didn't hear the part where she said that she refused to tell her employer that she was 4 months pregnant when she took the job. Whose fault's that?
@@Michael-rx6ji Because they would have used it as a pretext not to hire her. Hiring discrimination, like workers rights, is one of the many things that has not been enforced.
@@Michael-rx6ji your mind runs in a closed logic loop. Not evolved enough for this discussion. Please move along, garbage cans at the rear entrance.
@@Michael-rx6ji She can't be at fault. It's not possible. She's a professional victim.
workers deserve more respect and better treatment, the companies that employ them forget they wouldn't exist without them and they need to be reminded of that, i support workers' unions
They need us to drive their trucks,
They need us to shine their crowns,
And they need us to be the cops who beat our comrades down.
You obviously know nothing about how unions really work.
Abolish capitalism and embrace decentralization
Workers deserve to control the means of production. I support Unions crushing capitalism and giving power to us workers!!!
Wishing the best for them
As a former UPS driver, 35 years ago, the Teamsters are not perfect and can get in bed with management at times, will need to be held accountable, but if it takes them to get fair wages and days off, use them.
no the teamsters are nowhere near perfect.
I wish it was a more radical union but those have lost their power in living memory.
However in a case like this; the teamster union has the legal clout to get some amount of justice served and thats what matters.
who is else is perfect for God is perfect
Amazon has it wrong. If their drivers are truly "independent contractors" then that woman who was overheated could drive her truck back to the warehouse and go home and take care of her health. And if Amazon decided who is terminated, and NOT the contractor, then this has established an employer/employee relationship. Microsoft lost a lawsuit like this.
I will hang strong with the striking workers! They were there for us during the covid lockdown. What would we have done without them?! Also I don't like the idea that people work in triple digit heat at the warehouse and in the trucks! Maybe a letter writing campainge to Amazon will change thier minds? I haven't renewed my prime membership for 5 years when I found out about worker abuses. WE can all go to the store and shop in air conditioning. If I go early in the morning or late at night it's not bad at all.
Teamsters is a joke I retired from UPS Freight the union got us the worst contract in ups history. Ups purchase Overnight and the union promised us everything under the sun when we signed the contract they forgot about us! The local teamsters is a joke. Unfortunately,Amazon needs a big union IBT is a joke and only care about union dues 80.00 per month x 16000 drivers just on the freight side. Amazon needs to unionize just not with teamsters. Everything I’ve said is true. Look at UPS freight contract that ends August 1, 2023. It’s laughable how shitty that contract is.
@@christopherlauter9403
There is no UPS Fright, was sold to TForce couple years ago!!!. And TForce just signed new contract with Teamsters
What are u talking about?
@@AM-pj4iy
They honored the contract until the expiration date. You’re playing semantics what he said was true.
Too bad it's so rarely enforced
@@nighteule Yes that's a big problem. We have many great acts, and laws on the books. For example the Equal Pay for Equal Work act of 1963. 2 people who work as janitors should be paid exactly the same. But they are not. Then there is no one enforcing the law or giving penalties, or better yet making the employer pay the cheated employee the back wages owed them.
Go Teamsters!!! Amazon needs to do right by workers!!! IN EVERY STATE!!! No more “right to work “ bullshit!
More like "right for greedy lazy capitalists to shit on my head" and I'll like it. WORKERS UNITE!!!!!
Ya gotta add the rest of that "the right to work"+ For less;)
FedEx to
“No freedom”
Forced union membership? Pass.
Teamsters are trash.
@@Bonzi_BuddyA union isn’t forced just like your employer isn’t forcing you to be employed-what a braindead, pro-corporate take you have on unions. Almost like your an employer against unions but don’t wanna admit it so pretend to be a working class.
This would be huge if they can accomplish this.
We need more of this all over America 🇺🇸 Greedy corporations need to give their employees fair wages,healthcare and safe work conditions!The greed in our 'Corporate America' is stunning & inhumane! The average American can not make ends meet working 2-3 jobs! And NO they're NOT living beyond their means! KUDOS to the employees on the picket line trying to make a difference for ALL of us! And kudos to Teamsters and all Unions standing with us everyday people just trying to make a decent living for our families...and survive!
Then the same consumers pay for all those wages, you think the oligarchs are going to take a pay cut, maybe not take a bonus? Do you think the shareholders will pick up the tab? No, the consumers will disproportionately pay for unions
Sounds like you vote Democrat and want Republican laws. Lol
The consumers are already being ripped off for disposable junk made by children in China and Mexico. The company didn't pass the savings on to you anyway and doesn't plan to start any time soon.
@@All2Skitzd Then so be it.
As soon as they were about to unionize, they were fired?
Yes. This is unambiguously retaliation. This is technically illegal, but without a union who is going to represent you in court? It's so fucked up.
@@monsieurdorgat6864 Even if you do get an attorney somehow, someway. The Corporate Lawyer WILL keep you tied up in Litigation for YEARS. And even if you manage to get through it all, they Corporation will only pay a small fine compared to their Profits.
@@hegyakAnd megacorporations rely on this.
@@monsieurdorgat6864
If you embezzle money from a company, and the company fires you for it, that is also retaliation. Some people don't think a company should be allowed to act in its own interests.
@@PvblivsAelivs Did you just compare unionizing to embezzlement??
Solidarity and victory to the Amazon Teamsters and to workers fighting back for respect, justice, and equality everywhere!
I've been with ups for 17 years driving. This is a fight for the middle-class not just for the teamsters this is a fight for everyone who has lost or is losing to corporate. It stops we actually run the market not Wall Street
No, you don't. You drive a truck, Period.
@@leobigelow7021Thanks for your unwanted input
@@leobigelow7021 Alternatively, he helps generate the huge profits, of which he receives a disproportionate amount. Don't denigrate truck drivers, dude, they are the lifeblood of the US economy. Look around you, pretty much everything you see was transported by a truck driver, at some point. At one time, a truck driver could own a home, and raise 3 kids comfortably. These days, many of them have to live in their cabs. That could happen to you too, show some solidarity.
@@ConradNeill That's never happening again. Owning a home and raising a family on one regular income will never be possible again. That's a ridiculous standard set by post-war America.
@@100c0cit’s absolutely possible, all that has to happen is getting rid of the property as investment industry
Still recall a John Deere worker, who was on strike against the company's abusive practices; when he was asked how long could he continue to fight against such a massive corporation,
he replied: "One day longer than they can."
Solidarity forever.
In reality, he finally gets back to work after months, which wipes him out financially. Then his wife divorces him after fights over money and debt make things unreasonable for her to continue. After a spiral into alcoholism and crippling depression, he kills himself - likely after missing seeing his kids on a holiday because the ex-wife took them to meet her boyfriend's parents and siblings.
He may have won the battle, but they won the war. Whenever you play that game, measure the cost and determine what you will likely lose and what you can realistically afford to lose.
@@sbrazenor2😂
If it gets to that point, take one of these executive billionaire space j--s with you so that you'll accomplish something.
@@sbrazenor2worth it
I went out on strike in 1989 with the IAM...... I'm still waiting for the phone to ring...... Oh yeah the Union leadership that led us out with "ONE DAY LONGER!!!" mantra quietly went to work for the AFL-CIO after the company shut down and ended up with a very nice pension. Union's are great!!
This summer will forever go down as the summer of the union and trust me. It’s only the beginning of the union revitalization in this country from assigning see, we are seeing unions rising up and coming back and we need to keep pushing and keep that momentum going!
As a former DSP driver, I wish them all the best of luck! Solidarity forever!!
Imagine if Amazon, FedEx, and UPS drivers all strike simultaneously.
One day, I believe
Then the feds step in like when the air traffic controllers did it, and they all get fucked or fired. 🤣
We should.
Would be glorious. People have gotten too used to instant gratification. People aren't robots and ordering items doesn't make packages appear by magic. Most people would do well to keep that in mind when they order stupid shit like diapers instead of driving their lazy ass to the store.
Unfortunately all of the employees will loose their monthly salaries, see their bills pile up, be late on their mortgages, and generally have their lives severely impacted. They would never recover what they lost in salaries, and they would have to catch up on their bills. All for a few dollars pay raise. And upon returning, layoffs because of lost contracts, and the higher salary bases. The winner? The Union. Increased Union dues revenue. A strike is never good.
✊In 1970, one could work 27 hours at minimum wage and buy a troy ounce of gold.
Today, one must work over 270 hours to buy that same ounce of gold.✊
Sounds like we missed the boat. Should have been buying gold from the git go.
@@calvinmitchell6381 Its not so much about gold, but a representation of the loss of value of the average hour worked.
@@VictoriousGardenosaurus it's almost like inflation exists and democrat policies like raising the minimum wage and stimulus checks on top of loan forgiveness devalue our currency by artificially inflating the number. printing more money makes the value of the existing money go down. neat how that works, huh?
@@jishani1 its neat bow the national debt went up by 30% under Donald Trump, due to his socialist policies of stimulus checks and the PPP.
Neat how tax cuts, pushed by Republicans, for big businesses have drained the coffers of government.
Neat how red states are net receivers of government aid, meaning they take more than they give.
What waa that about Democrats again?
The value of gold is determined by many factors. A major contributor was the increased demand by people using gold as a safe haven against economic uncertainty which seemed to trend around the year 2000 and afterwards.
Gold stopped being the standard for US currency in 1971, and as such, should not be used as a comparison for wages for obvious reasons.
Hats off to IBT for holding Amazon accountable for shafting their workers.
If the worker stays by his/her OWN CHOICE, aren't they shafting themselves? No one is forcing these people to stay in a job they hate.
@@DemonDog444 A lack of guaranteed housing and food forces these people to stay in a job they hate.
If you really want to live in a free market you have to make not working an option, and I can tell that's not what you want so you'll have to understand that regulating the companies to force them to provide better working conditions is the solution you're asking for.
My prayers are with Amazon workers and international Teamsters
Union solidarity 💪 forever
NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST US AMAZON TEAMSTERS SHALL PROSPER. Thank you God
This video opens with an often-repeated mistake. Amazon is not difficult due to it's size and scale. It's difficult mostly for it's warehouse culture, it's dissent-recuperation tactics, and it's staffing tactics like sub-contracting, all of which are very effective at pre-empting worker organizing.
1000x in favor of this!!!!! YES PLEASE!!!
As a small business owner, *I* *LOVE* *UNIONS!*
I Love Unions because I need what EVERY small business owner needs...
I need Customers; aka Consumers with Money. Union Workers organize and demand proper wages = Money. Union Workers have Money and therefore, can become my valuable Customers.
Non-union Workers are too timid and/or ignorant to organize and are therefore, weaker and poorer. They choose to be poor slave and they are NOT going to become My (or Your) customers, they are a drag upon our entire economy.
I LOVE UNIONS BECAUSE *UNIONS* *CREATE* *MIDDLE* *CLASS!*
and because I want Our country to have a Big and Strong Middle Class, thanks to Unions.
Worthless virtue signaling
@@modemmark421As a person who is a heavy advocate for workers rights we love our small business friends! Thank you for your support!
@@modemmark421You just alienated half of the country by calling non union workers weak, timid and poor. Did you do that on purpose?
@@DemonDog444is he wrong? They are timid and weak they refuse to even fight for themselves. Unions are always better than no union.
It's not as if it would put Amazon out of business to give these workers a living wage and benefits.
But think of the share holders!
But how can mbezos afford another space rocket???
But that will make the money sad!
@@petergriffin7121 The shareholders will just have to buy a smaller island.
"Living wage" is one of those "sweet nothings." It doesn't mean anything in particular except that you want more, more, more. And you are never satisfied. It wouldn't matter how much Amazon paid. You would still say it wasn't a "living wage." It's not like workers are dropping dead. If you took the term "living wage" at face value (being able to live) it would mean that workers were dropping dead. Since that is not the case, it must just be rhetoric.
I work at Walmart but please bring the Amazon picket line to IOWA.
Solidarity to workers!!!!! #UnionStrong!
You have to "love" American companies! The guys who do the least make the most, while the ones who are at the heart of your business get the shaft!
And that's where the problem is. The country along with the help of the media already have you thinking the way you do. Have you ever asked yourself if they are not getting underpaid? And what about celebrities? Why are they getting millions and millions MORE than what a doctor makes in his career but yet the people NEVER bat an eye when it comes to that right? So what justifies thier pay but yet doesn't justify us the middle class the ones who you, yourself are a part of? I'll wait
@@rivasflores86ou are correct, teachers police medical staff all deserve more pay too but they need to band together though like the lower clas people are and keep the fire lit, you always hear about the lower class protesting in the media but not enough of the middle class for them to gain the nationwide spotlight and support.
@@rivasflores86the beef isn't with high paid entertainment jobs it's with high paid managerial staff CEOs and shareholders who gets a majority of the profit rather than going to the workers
@@rivasflores86 Keep defending your masters! The pay increase for the upper echelons has exponentially outpaced that of people at the lower tiers! That is the problem!
@mind_of_a_darkhorse anything else or you done?
Way to go Fellow Workers! Unite for strength! Workers of the World Unite!
I hope we see more and more unionizing in the usa, illegal corruption has blocked workers attempts for too long.
Solidarity! 💯
My grandfather was a Teamster. Proud to see them fighting still
Dear Amazon Teamsters, No weapon formed against you shall prosper. God Bless, Amen
Do the same for fedex we get treated the same
Join the union it's your choice stand strong.
It's going to be people over profits from now on. There is power in a union, never give up the fight for better conditions.
Amazon workers deserve it!! Unionize . I supported a picket in San Bernardino California. I work for ups local 63. ✊🏽
NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST US SHALL PROSPER, go Amazon Teamsters, Lord Amen
I’m so proud that Amazon has pushed the picket line to Michigan!! Keep fighting to unionize
In order to make organizing possible, you have to get rid of the right to work laws and all the other anti worker legislation
Unions used to be illegal; legalization and "labor peace" legislation came *after* and *in response to* the growth of the labor movement. Workers need to be ready and willing to fight instead of looking to the capitalist state to help.
" RIGHT TO WORK " really means employers RIGHT TO SCREW the workers . 💯 UNION BUSTING is all it is . Right to a UNION law sounds better to me .
Keep sharing pro-strike and pro labor videos as far and wide as you can. You won’t see much major news coverage of it, because of the corporate interests that own literally all major news outlets.
We CAN do it ourselves. Let’s remind America who the real enemy is: the super rich, and the systems they put in place to let them stay that way.
Straight up! It's not boogiemen like LGBT or POC these are distractions to split people and has been seen throughout history so that the rich can better control the majority! Stop attacking eachother and instead look up their is a murder hornet trying to Storm the bee hive! Work together and create a bee ball can't do it alone only together!!
I support the workers 👍
Not me
We, the consumers, are also responsible for Amazon’s exploitation and maltreatment of these hard working men and women because of our shopping habits. Do we really need our packages delivered in a New York minute? We need to think of how our consumer habits and expectations are contributing to the exploitation of a class of workers. We, the consumers, need to step up and support the strikers in whatever way we can.
unions have not called for any boycotts of any service. it’s counterproductive to place blame on consumers when the union hasn’t done so. it makes a stronger argument when demand is the same yet the scabs can’t handle it
The functional problem with this argument is that Amazon can provide lightning fast deliveries without underpaying and overworking them, if they were really struggling for money Blue Origin wouldn't exist.
Also keep in mind that when idiots boycotted a few years ago to protest for improved working conditions for Amazon warehouse and delivery drivers, all that happened is their system automatically lowered the amount of hours these employees received, because it's an automated system that can react faster than you can think about what color your underwear is. Everybody just had fewer hours and less money, which accounted for the deficit in profit from sold goods.
The boycott screwed workers and the people high up in the company creating these problems didn't even notice there was a boycott at all.
So no, don't boycott, unless you can unilaterally prevent them from selling ANYTHING for months, say for example by preventing their logistics network from functioning by going on strike, you're not going to effect the bottom line enough for them to make a change.
I don't normally buy anything from Amazon anyway, it's better to just consistently stop using a service that you don't like.
Absolutely awesome. Total solidarity with these workers and their unionizing efforts. This is what we need and it's happening at last. Hurrah! 💛✊
Good luck Amazon is going to fight to make sure you dont unionized. You guys need it for the in human way amazon treats its drivers and workers. Wish you all thr best!
I didn't realize there was so much union action happening around Amazon! This is such an incredible thing to see!
Amazon, Starbucks, UPS, the Writer's Guild and actors, hotel workers, Longshoreman, airline pilots (including FedEx), railroad workers, public school teachers/professors, truck drivers, and WalMart employees.
All of you, keep fighting the good fight.
This is a monumental and historic moment for labor.
Union, YES!
Let's go Teamsters. Support from Quebec.
Hope you guys get to unionize w the teamsters.
Lets clarify some things here. I've been an Amazon associate for 4 years in a delivery station. I'm all for getting paid more money lol. The pregnant lady complaining about being dehydrated, so she decided not to take care of herself and that Amazon's fault? The Subcontractor is responsible for sending DA's help, Amazon isn't in charge of delivery associates, that the contractors responsibility.
I agree Amazon can improve and change things. But there are a lot of false narratives in this video that Amazon isn't responsible for.
Go, Go, Go! We support you.
Songwriters will go on strike next I fear. I love that Americans are waking up and deciding to fight back against these mega conglomerates.
We need unions again! I heard about them growing up but I don’t see them anymore. I used to work for autozone and they would beat it into your head in training that “this is a union free company! We will have no unions here” and it was the most disgusting thing to have to sit through before making $10 an hour.
The unions are alive and well. I sometimes wish we had organizers as charismatic as Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, but the training and support of strong unions continue to appeal to many workers and the businesses that hire them.
During the great healthcare debate, under Clinton, and later Obama, I really wished that the AFL-CIO had a frothing at the mouth, true believer, fanatic, shouting that: "We are here to help every American to get quality healthcare and pension benefits! Here's how to organize your workplace!"
I hear a lot of Amazon employees saying they wish the company would become signatory with the teamsters for better pay benefits and working conditions
Solidarity! ✊🏽 Workers unite!
People should support by not shopping on Amazon I personally hate Amazon and never shop on Amazon because it’s a crush company
Be mindful people
I agree, but it will never happen. I work for ups, there are days where at least 80 percent of the packages are Amazon. I hate that so many people order from them
I don't order from Amazon especially around the time where they start promoting Prime I don't like getting things the same day as someone else's sacrifice. We can't even be patient anymore getting packages.
you sure are taking them down by not shopping at amazon. im sure all the other people will join with you and stop being lazy and having things delivered to their house. im sure they'll go outside, pick things up for themselves. move heavy things on their own and socialize with other people. 🤡
@@acenewman8266 sounds like you'd be happier not being alive.
@@jishani1 If you don't like what I said then tough shit you send negative energy my way it will be returned to sender.
this needs a million times more news coverage than hollywood writers strike both are justified but physical labor jobs need union prioritization asap
All unions need more power
no need to play favorites, they both need power. all workers deserve all they produce
UPS DRIVER here.. we stand with y’all!!
I wish Texas was as passionate about unionizing Amazon. I would love to have a contract at my Amazon, it's been in the triple digits and could use improvements.
There should be decent pay for decent, hard-working people!
Here is why the owner class should worry. They took too much away from the working class, and now workers arent afraid of losing their job because its not much to lose.
As a small business owner, *I* *LOVE* *UNIONS!*
I Love Unions because I need what EVERY small business owner needs... I need Customers; aka Consumers with Money. Union Workers organize and demand proper wages = Money. Union Workers have Money and therefore, can become my valuable Customers.
Non-union Workers are too timid and/or ignorant to organize and are therefore, weaker and poorer. They choose to be poor slaves and they are NOT going to become My (or Your) customers, they are a drag upon our entire economy.
I LOVE UNIONS BECAUSE UNIONS CREATE MIDDLE CLASS!
... and because I want Our country to have a Big and Strong Middle Class, thanks to Unions.
you got one thing wrong there - unions dont create the middle class... they elevate the wellbeing and wealth of the working class
the middle class is a term the owning class made up to play the working class against itself
there always is a "middle class" ... because theres always a middle between the poorest and the richest... and that allows them to make people see those as different... the poor working class as something you want to leave or avoid... and the middle class you want to get or stay in... and suddenly the working class is divided and scrambling for scraps rather than uniting and fighting the owners
you can see that in your own rethoric... talking down on non-union workers... that they "choose" to be poor... you even blame them for economic downturns... when they are the most exploited people... they are the people unions are trying to help
united we bargain - divided we beg.
@@SharienGaming LOL! Semantically, you are correct, but irrelevant. My comment was intended to be a TH-cam posting, not an academic treatise; I was speaking colloquially, and not in any lexical vernacular.
But thank you for noticing. I am glad someone is paying attention.
Keep up the good work.
Solidarity!
Power to the Proletariat!
,✊ we should support all labor unions fighting to get things better for the working people.
I cancelled my Prime membership a year ago, and I refuse to do business with them until they start treating their employees like human beings.
My sentiments exactly.... most people are too selfish and don't think about how those packages take a toll on the drivers especially when management is putting the pressure on them about deliveries skipping breaks and having to relieve themselves in bottles.
Amen! All of us at the postal service is rooting you on!!
To be fair, it only takes a few seconds in the hot back of the van to locate a package if you have decent organization skills
The problem is capitalism. As long as we the people tolerate living under it, our corporate overlords will find new ways to weasle around the law to extract as much wealth and work from their workers as they can. Workers need to own the means of production!
I agree, we need a different economy.
I would love a National teamsters strike at this point
They need to organize the delivery drivers. This should be an easy campaign. I have 9 experience as a BA and organizer I wish I could help them. They work harder than UPS workers and are not even paid half of what a UPS driver makes. They have to load their vehicles and are under tremendous pressure from the contractors. With Amazon recently making the move of handling all of their deliveries this is the perfect time to organize.
They hire us to work because they need to get their company to grow, we take the jobs because we need money and are perfectly fine with working for it, it needs to be a good mutual understanding that just because you pay us, doesn't mean you get to disrespect us and put us through inhuman conditions. Our paychecks aren't to be used to make our jobs better, that's literally the employees responsibility; contract worker or not.
I may not be able to join them in their strike, but I fully support it!!
here's the understanding. they had the money to start the business, they took the risk of investing money into something that wasn't guaranteed, even when statistically they were more likely to fail and lose their investment and make nothing in return. you, as the worker, signed on after they had done all of the hard work and get to do the day to day operations without having to wonder where your money is coming from or if you're going to lose everything or not. don't like what you're being paid? go elsewhere. you agreed to the wage when you signed on, and now you receive that. you did not have the capital, the skills or the connection to start a company, or you wouldn't be signing on for $15 an hour.
Break Amazon. Tear that company down.
Msg to Amazon workers: stay strong in the fight for fair labor practices. The teamsters will back you up! Don't give up!
Unions keep management in check. I have worked for Centurylink as a union worker and it makes a huge difference when you have a union rep with you to counter check management.
LETS GOO!! UPS TEAMSTER HERE I AM WITH YOU GUYS SUPPORT YALL AMAZON DRIVERS AND WAREHOUSE WORKERS.
Thanks for Posting☝️THIS Video
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I was a driver as well, i got hired in 2019 but left in 2021 because i didnt like the treatment. I rememeber the first week i was there, i saw a grandfather of one of my coworkers smiling after dropping him off and telling him this is a union job. The kid said, no, amazon is not a union. The grandfather laughed and said, "One day it will be. You watch."
For some reason that stuck with me. And i agree with him. I think amazon workers will do it.
The union makes us strong!! 💪
Macys has warehouses all around the US and most if not all are without a union. Teamsters should pay them a visit.
Nobody said it would be easy
Nobody said that it would all be fine
But to get where we're going
Brother, you've gotta hold the line
KEEP UP THE FIGHT !!!! ✊❤
Extend the strike NATIONWIDE!!! Go people go!
I wish I could brazenly violate the law and not be punished like Amazon.
This is the summer of strikes! Welcome Amazon brothers and sisters! Enough is enough! Workers are tired and through!
Unions make the quality of life better for everyone including non union workers
Solidarity forever!!! ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏻
SOLIDARITY
It’s gonna be a fight, but I hope Amazon pays. That company is dirty as hell, their employees deserve 1000x more than what they get now.
If you know what a weekend is, thank Labor Unions.
IF YOU GOT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT TO YA!
I canceled my amazon prime and stopped getting anything from them
You guys should ask for alot don't limit yourself. Get Better pay better work environment a democratically ran system in the work place. 4 day work week 32 hours with no reduction in pay
Paid vacations time along with sick time maternity leave and paternity leave.
Dont give up- Dont give in- all that wealth going to one man for all your hard work ? No Way ! Good luck to you all !
Amazon is a job for teenagers trying to get through college not full grown adults who have kids to feed, if you want better working conditions, get a better job! One that is skilled!
Everyone has to stick together. Amazon doesn’t exist without people.
Any Company owner, CEO, or manager that illegally fires someone should be thrown in prison. Depriving someone of their livelihood is akin to a death sentence. It shouldn't be tolerated.
You guys can do it keep it up!! Dont settle there’s no reason why you guys can’t have rights or benefits. Every Amazon employee needs to do this!!! You guys have numbers to prove that they need you! And if you need somebody, what do you do when you need somebody you treat them good and right and you guys deserve that!! I’m a ups union member and I always tell people that come into UPS that if you’re just here to get a paycheck, Go to Amazon cause here you need to use your rights or you lose your rights. Grieve, supervisors that touch your packages, don’t put up with harassment,I’m all for my union. First five years of my UPS career I was late to work six years later still there! They can’t fire you for being late that’s some good shit. Overtime after five hours double time on Mondays! Don’t tell me, my Union don’t take care of me
Lol. The contracted drivers have a gravy job. They would die if they had to work in the fulfillment center with us.
Amazon and all big business can afford better pay and benefits to their employees. No owner or CEO is worth the billions or millions annual salary they are paid.
BEZOS founded the company. He invented the business model. He completely changed the face of retailing the world over. He's on the same level as Henry Ford. Oh, and Amazon also lost $3 billion for the first several years of its existence. Where were the unions then? Now that they're money, they're on it like flies on a carcass, but Bezos is worth every dime he has, unlike some fat truck driver who wants more money for pizza, beer and porn.
Then don't pay it. The thing is that you pay companies because they give you something that you want. And you get to shop around to try to get the best deal. What is with this attitude of "these people can afford to be tied down and robbed?"
then make your own company and rake in billions, genius.
@@PvblivsAelivs Exactly how are they tied down? Unemployment is at 3.6% Employers are screaming for workers. And these lazy children are trying to squeeze it out of Amazon because they're too dumb and/or lazy to develop skills that might actually have value. This is literally completely unskilled labor. Anyone can do it.
Essential workers during the pandemic but can't afford to keep them? Make it make sense
BIGGEST TEAMSTER MISSION, Get REady Amazon Teamsters
Sí Se Puede! 👊
I am currently struggling with this as well. Allowing feelings of bitterness and resentment in comes easy, I have found relief in being grateful for being a part of the teamsters
Found the boot licker bot
Amazon Fresh workers need a union. Yesterday, all Zone Leads were let go without warning.