Over 1000 Amazon workers to strike on Black Friday
Over 1000 Amazon workers to strike on Black Friday
Workers say they tired of only ‘just about making ends meet’
1.6 mil workers worldwide.
1.1 mil in the US
1000 workers id guess wouldn't even be missed if they never came back from the Amazon crying booth
It's a confirmed 1150 people at a single facility. Definitely a significant number for that facility and surrounding area.
Presumably black Friday is a “all hands on deck” day, so a tiny group might make a difference.
Whether it takes 1.2 or 1.202 day to ship an order, does not matter to anyone.
I wish it would make an impact and hope it will but i seriously doubt that it will have consequences for anyone else besides the 1000 who strike.
I strongly believe that unions are important but they need move power than this. More workers need to sign up, and pay membership for the Union to be able to support a full scale strike even with compassion strikes across different branches and services
That's total number of employees for the company at large, including dozens of subsidiaries, their various product teams, AWS (which is reportedly in the ballpark of 130k), Prime Video, marketing, and all other departments.
Do you have a breakdown of how many of those are actually factory workers?
This. I'd bet if you knew some of the inner workings of Amazon, you could hand select a few dozen employees or positions to go on strike and bring their service to a screeching halt. And the types of people that generally strike, are more likely to be in one of those positions.
This is actually a great opportunity for everyone to apply to be a seasonal worker at Amazon. Then don't show up and support the protests.
I work at an AWS data center as a DCO L3. Fully support this strike.
Support them by not buying anything from Amazon on Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or any day if you can help it.
Like I needed another reason to not buy from Amazon
Idk man same-day delivery is fucking awesome.
I have not had same day delivery for months now in a populated city with several Amazon fulfillment centers and Prime. I'm getting ripped off and the moment Invincible ends I'm gone
How many are employed by Amazon? 1000 doesn't feel like s significant number.
Yeah hoping it grows by 20x before Amazon will think it's a problem.
Fuck yeah do it
I'm not crossing any picket on Black Friday virtual or not. Hell I did all my Steam shopping on Thanksgiving.
unfortunate but looks like 1000 new jobs at amazon soon