We, the workers at Amazon in Bessemer, AL are coming together to fight for change in our workplace with @RWDSU. Join us, visit our website now. #BAmazonUnion
"We're humans, not robots."
Before today's AI forum on Capitol Hill we spoke with Darryl Richardson, whose experience as an @Amazon warehouse worker and @BAmazonUnion organizer remind us why every worker, in all sectors of the economy, should have the power of a union.
At a meeting at the United Nations Geneva headquarters today, labor allies from all around the world stood in solidarity with our sister @Jennife67173021@BAmazonUnion! Solidarity is the universal language of the working class. #1u
ALT A group of people stand behind a podium holding "We Stand with Jennifer" and "Solidarity with Jennifer and Amazon Workers" signs in multiple languages.
NEWS: Jennifer Bates, the @RWDSU@BAmazonUnion leader who was recently unjustly fired by the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, AL that she’s been working to organize for years, has been reinstated! “When you're under attack, you have to stand up and fight back!
ALT (NEW YORK, NY) – Today, Jennifer Bates, the lead worker spokeswoman of the Bessemer, Alabama Amazon union drive, received notice she had been reinstated by the company after filing an Unfair Labor Practice charge against the company. In early June, she had received notice she had been terminated after enduring a several months long workers compensation nightmare.
Jennifer Bates, BAmazon Union Organizing Committee member issued the following immediate response to the news: “Amazon was wrong, they tried to fire me and stifle a movement, but the movement pushed back, and I'm incredibly humbled by the global outpouring of support for my unjust termination. If there's a lesson to be learned it's that today Amazon workers everywhere now know that when you're under attack, you have to stand up and fight back, because when we fight, clearly, we win!"
BREAKING: today, Jennifer Bates, the lead worker spokeswoman of the @BAmazonUnion drive, received notice she had been reinstated by the company after filing an Unfair Labor Practice charge against Amazon.
For @sappelbaum & @Jennife67173021's statements:
rwdsu.info/jennifer_bates_ba…
ALT a red graphic with white text attributed to RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum: “Amazon tried to stifle one of the most outspoken leaders of the contemporary labor movement. Today, Amazon had to admit it was wrong – because the world stood up and said no. Jennifer made it clear that despite the company’s extraordinary power and resources, she would not be silenced – nor will we.”
@BAmazonUnion spokesperson and Amazon worker for 3 years, Jennifer Bates, was terminated without cause, "subjected to termination by AI due to a glitch in the company’s own software"
“But let me be clear, ‘Amazon, your termination of my employment will not stifle workers organizing, for when you fire leaders, it only brings more people ignited into the movement.’” @mattmday reports on Amazon's latest union busting. CC: @BAmazonUnionbloomberg.com/news/articles/…
BREAKING: Jennifer Bates (@Jennife67173021), the lead worker spokeswoman of the @BAmazonUnion drive, received notice she had been terminated by the company amid a several months long workers compensation nightmare.
Full statement: rwdsu.info/jennifer_bates_ba…
In the small hours, big things happened.
#Amazon workers & their union @GMBMidlands took the first strike action at the corporation in the UK. Their courage & determination in the face of anti-union tactics is an international inspiration.
#MakeAmazonPay
🔥“Unions now are looking to build on the success of #BlackFriday protests against Amazon in Nov. which rippled through more than 30 countries from Costa Rica to Luxembourg, according to @uniglobalunion, an international union involved in #MakeAmazonPay” wired.com/story/amazon-strik…
👇🏿Hey Amazon, we have a message for you from the Global Conference of UNI Commerce with more than 150 union leaders and activists across the globe.
✊🏿We stand united.
✊🏿We stand strong.
✊🏿We fight together.
✊🏿We will win together.
✊🏿We will #MakeAmazonPay!
#UNICommerceRise
The @BAmazonUnion workers like Jennifer Bates have inspired thousands-upon-thousands around the world. Today at the @CommerceUni conference, she inspired us.
#UNICommerceRise
ICYMI: we deserve better pay, job security, policy changes with our input, and a safer place to work. Today, on #MakeAmazonPay Day, the workers of #BAmazonUnion joined with Amazon workers all over the world to fight for the working conditions we deserve.
ICYMI: we Bessemer Amazon workers are not alone in our fight for dignity, respect, and fair wages. We are joined by workers all across the world in standing up to #MakeAmazonPay!