Why Amazon’s First U.S. Union Faces Tough Road Ahead

When more than 2,600 workers at a Staten Island warehouse called JFK8 voted to join Amazon’s first U.S. union in April, it was a historic moment. But it was only the first step in a long uphill climb toward a contract. A week after the union victory, Amazon filed 25 objections with the National Labor Relations Board, and five weeks of hearings concluded this week. All this amidst a recent flurry of organizing that’s swept other major U.S. companies, too, with first-ever unions forming at Starbucks, Apple, Google, Microsoft, REI and Trader Joe’s. CNBC sat down with Amazon Labor Union co-founders Chris Smalls and Derrick Palmer to learn about their battle and find out what happens next if the union win is upheld.
Chapters:
00:00 -- Intro
2:11 -- Why the win happened now
9:39 -- The uphill battle ahead
13:22 -- Grassroots efforts gain traction
16:18 -- Big economic impact
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Why Amazon’s First U.S. Union Faces Tough Road Ahead

[@alexacosta2140]

The part what they said they get mad for “time off task” is so damn true. Imagine walking half a mile to the nearest bathroom and there’s a line because it’s full. You go to another bathroom and when you come back you’re in trouble. It’s very annoying.

[@RealSerie26]

You know damn well take bathroom breaks on purpose just to waste time. People get paid to WORK. If you can't hack it, pack it.

[@rileyxbell]

Yeah that or the bathroom is being cleaned. And you have to walk another half mile to a different bathroom. By the time you make it back 20 minutes went by. If they want to fire me for using the bathroom then go ahead. Plenty of other jobs in the area.

[@chrisconsorte7893]

A friend of mine who worked at Amazon told me a similar story. That is terrible.

[@Strikerage]

It's also grounds for wrongful termination. So I doubt anyone is getting fired over this perceived transgression. People confuse bad management with actual policy in these big companies. It's the difference between "burger flipper" employees, and actual hard working employees who want to advance.

[@johannjohann6523]

That sounds stupid. Adults should be able to go to the bathroom whenever they need to.

[@ANGELCRYPT0]

How dare these workers unionize, how in the world will executives buy their useless super mansions, exotic cars and yachts!?

[@Ava-km7tl]

Not sure what Amazon expects to happen when they literally run out of workers due to their turnover rate

[@lotto5742]

They will go to automation than. Now people will start crying about robot jobs.

[@RealSerie26]

Amazon will NEVER run out of workers. These are their other options: automation, increasing efficiency, immigrants, and work visas.

[@machinmon.]

Robots

[@richardthomas598]

Contrary to Jeff Bezos's wet dreams and business news propagandists, robots aren't that smart and you CANNOT automate everything.

[@bernadette828]

Not to mention the way we leave, we stop being customers too.

[@JAKphoenixify]

Not only did they form a union, they have proved that A Union can succeed where legislation failed.

[@hermeslein6614]

Proof that Philippines is better we our in our golder era with Bbm

[@RealSerie26]

Except when companies close stores due to wage demands.

[@Misaka-gt5yj]

Sounds like Amazon didn't lobby hard enough.

[@JAKphoenixify]

@@Misaka-gt5yj There's a point beyond which all the lobbying in the world can't delay the inevitable.

[@juanespinoza-yx6jq]

Unions are for lazy people those of us like my self that like to give our 100% are forced to be lazy because unions work by the time your with them for there promotions and wage increase not by how much or a good worker you are they make it impossible for anyone to better them selfs with honest hard work

[@binnahgondwe5158]

Amazon pays less than it's supposed to for warehouse employees. Calling it a fulfilment center doesn't change what it is, a warehouse. Second, the wage has not kept up with inflation for years. It should be 25 especially for a multi-billion profit company.

[@rodniegsm1575]

Whit backpay. This company's are predatory.and anti democratic. The fact that they do everything in their power to destroy a labour union says a lot about them. They are not looking out for the earning man .just for themselves and their friends . This would never fly holland.. whete company are required by law to have labour unions and representatives

[@preparetobedazled]

I work for UPS and benefit greatly from being part of a union. I honestly hope all hourly Amazon employees unionize.

[@leepialong]

except for AC in your truck. Have you seen the UPS driver passed out in AZ?

[@adminadmin9997]

Live better work Union Local 416 and 433 Union Ironworkers

[@preparetobedazled]

@@leepialong yes. I live in Mississippi where the heat and humidity are brutal. And I'll still take better pay over AC all day.

[@jonathanodude6660]

@@preparetobedazled umm, why not have the union negotiate the procurement of AC fitted vehicles and the phase out of the current vehicles going forwards? you are part of your union, raise the issue.

[@cryptokinggg1430]

Has a union really changed your life Josef ? Or are u still living paycheck to paycheck ? And still being stupid with your money ? And still broke as dirt ?

[@anthonyberger810]

Corporations: unions won’t increase your wages Also corporations: *spend billions per year fighting the creation of unions with everything they have*

[@suntzu1409]

🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@g-rexsaurus794]

>spend billions per year Proof?

[@iggyblitz8739]

All the more reason to have unions, provided they are reasonable and good organisations, some unions in some parts of the world are not always forces for good.

[@guydreamr]

People complain about the dues of $100, yet the video itself said union jobs on average pay $200 per week than non-union jobs. I'd say that $100 was a good investment.

[@jayman8001]

“The video itself”. Gather more sources than one video “💡”

[@r_k_xp]

Agreed/.

[@delcyeveritts819]

Not so!! Union jobs pay atleast 20k per year and the job i stayed at and made the most money was with a union, back in the 80s and 90s all workers use to have retirement and 401k now most of these jobs would rather go out of business than just pay their workers, bozos just built a new billion dollar mega yatch and can't pay his workers

[@guydreamr]

@@jayman8001 "Gather more sources" So who said I was only relying on just one video? Gather your reading comprehension skills "💡💡"

[@souchoysaeteurn5211]

Yeah a good investment for people in the Union and terrible for future new hires.

[@M-X39462]

Just in time. An Amazon worker died recently at the warehouse near me. I've heard many times they aren't treated well. Even if it were the last job on earth I wouldn't apply.

[@lionessprincess9073]

@April G Amazon is a good company with a good policy and of course if you own a business you expect your employees to work. If Amazon sucks it is because of its own employees, the management and the people that form a team that are entitled or don't do their job properly. And if Amazon is a good company it is also because of its good employees. It takes two to tango.

[@nobodynobody1140]

@@lionessprincess9073 is a copy and paste Amazon bot

[@lionessprincess9073]

@@nobodynobody1140 You copy and pasted nobody

[@erikk77]

@April G Amazon has a history of bad employee treatment as seen in the media. I believe you're a victim of confirmation bias.

[@TheHauntedKiwi]

@@lionessprincess9073 Amazon bot lies, no surprise

[@dedhampster4730]

There is no reason for Amazon to work its employees that hard or have restrooms that are football fields away. I have worked in industrial factory and warehouse buildings and a lot of them added restrooms for human decency in their older buildings and newer ones made sure restrooms and fountains were accessible. Further, the time limitations on Amazon workers is unrealistic. If they have to work 1 worker that hard, then they need to hire 2. Better pay is not going to make 1 worker, especially in a physical job, work like 2 workers.

[@geraldbennett7035]

there are goof offs....

[@lionessprincess9073]

Amazon is a good company with a good policy and of course if you own a business you expect your employees to work. If Amazon sucks it is because of its own employees, the management and the people that form a team that are entitled or don't do their job properly. And if Amazon is a good company it is also because of its good employees. It takes two to tango.

[@johnnycheung5536]

@@lionessprincess9073 So this is where some of that approximately $4.3-million that Amazon spends on "labour management" annually goes to - pro-Amazon, anti-union shills... like this account of yours.

[@johnnycheung5536]

@@D73GT Why stop at two? "Import" 10 from Mexico and pay well under minimum wage to each undocumented migrant worker to save more money!

[@lionessprincess9073]

@@johnnycheung5536 however you want to interpret my statement. Take note, bad employees doesn't mean the people on the bottom only, they can also be in leadership or the higher up. We live in an imperfect world. Why don't you start your own company, make your own rules and policies. Hire people. Expect them to work and obey your rules. Then let me know if your company is perfect. Maybe, I'll come work for you.

[@enriquemercedes9519]

Would love to see a follow up video a year from now. I wish them the best on their new journey!

[@ksegg_ffs]

American corporate greed needs to end. Pay people fairly and treat people with respect.

[@delcyeveritts819]

The pandemic made people realize that working at a fulltime jobs with no benefits and no retirement, amazon should pay their workers better and even with $30ph its still hard to survive and pay your bills. People must have forgotten in the 90s when people useto get payed for their hours and still git $5.00 per hour put in your retirement, young people don't even know when she'll got rid of their driver they payed them 3.5 years severance plus they were making $120k a year and getting a 14k bonus every year, this was in 2006

[@tommurphy4307]

its why people aspire to a salaried position as opposed to an hourly one- no- brainer.

[@delcyeveritts819]

@@tommurphy4307lol salary is the worst because it doesn't adjust for cost of living increases, I'd rather get payed per hour and this is why all these old folks are working at 75 because of a fixed income, I drive for myself so no matter what I make money. Even if the economy is bad as long as I do more work I get payed more but a salary is for fools who love to be a slave

[@allermenchenaufder]

@@tommurphy4307 Salaried positions hold employees to working overtime (very often) w/ no overtime time or Holiday bonus. Equals to burnout and same as hourly worker. Fact.

[@Strikerage]

Either way you look at it, it's not the company who determines wages. It's the government. Y'all had no problem when the government dolled out trillions of dollars out of thin air, and when those with sense said it would cause inflation, you just scoffed and took the cash. Now you are crying because everything is more expensive, and your wages stayed the same as three years ago. You voted for this garbage. You get what asked for. Don't cry about it now.

[@619uribe]

If unions didn’t benefit the workers, then the corporations wouldn’t be trying to stop them. #UnionStrong

[@adminadmin9997]

Local 416 and 433 California BIG BAD Ironworkers Union.

[@constantinedesjardins7216]

Like how this video neglected to highlight the massive steps Amazon has taken to union bust

[@anthonywilson9268]

I remember working in a warehouse it took about 12 mins to go to the bathroom because the bathroom was so far away. By the time I got back to my truck my line would be so backed up and my boss would be there with an attitude because work stopped.

[@bellmattwebb]

Correction: wages for other warehouse jobs are usually almost twice as much as Amazon in the US. Maybe compared to worldwide Amazon may pay more but in the US, other warehouse jobs have actually reduced wages over the last few years due to the low wages of Amazon making the warehouse labor market workers cheaper.

[@RealSerie26]

That is complete and utter bs. Show your source. Amazon's avg hourly wage is $18/hour. You mean to tell me that, on average, others make $72,000/year working at a damn warehouse? College grads don't make that starting out. An Army officer starts out at $50,000 and they sacrifice a lot more than warehouse workers. Where do you guys get off? Life choices and personal responsibility are real.

[@nakia4230]

@@RealSerie26 I currently work at amazon in Georgia and our pay is 15.50. I wish we were making $18 an hour.

[@aakaash3x]

@@RealSerie26 I currently live in NJ, and I make 18.55/hr. Even working full time, I can't afford a livable life here. $742 check per week, but after taxes, I make $532. X4= $2128 per month. Rent is $1200 for one bedroom(nothing fancy, just a basic Middlesex management NJ rented apartment). $200/month car to get to work. And other basic needs such as gas, food, and electricity, car insurance, lead to $0 left to save or even lead to working OT to pay some bills. And if u have worked at amazon, you would know the physical and mental exhaustion is ridiculous.

[@tommurphy4307]

you mean 'unskilled-labor jobs'....

[@bellmattwebb]

@@RealSerie26 Thank you for your response 🙏. I really enjoyed your triggered interpretation of my comment 😀. I love the show your sources bit. Maybe look it up yourself. I'm not a librarian and it was a generalization, not literally twice as much. Average warehouse pay did decline after Amazon entered the market. Also, the military bit is rich. I've heard this one before. If our boys in blue only get 40k a year why should kids flipping bugers get more than them? This is flawed reasoning. Why do our armed service people get paid so little? PLEASE PAY MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS MORE MONEY! Just because they get crappy pay, everyone else has to suffer?

[@timberwolfe1645]

30 dollars an hour?!? For checking a bag?!? No thanks. Robots WILL BE USED!!!

[@rockymaldonado714]

That's funny. Is a robot gonna deliver your package?

[@douglaslaw3752]

I wish the best for all Amazon employees. I work currently at Amazon in Virginia. We make $2500 wk plus benefits and retirement. 125 IBEW Union Electricians wiring all the conveyors and all automation. It's a 6 million SQ ft building.

[@MrRoque-pg3yr]

I’m all for unions. This is good news.

[@fruggoalmil3563]

You are 2 intelligent men you overcame Amazon. How can Amazon call him stupid?

[@adminadmin9997]

They think just because they got a bachelor degree in Art class makes them superior then the Amazon warehouse workers.

[@Evergreen319]

Look at the interview. Look how they are seating. Gold teeth gold chains etc. Looks like two street thugs......I'm surprised people voted for them...

[@r_k_xp]

I believe in unions. Union dues are only a lil in comparison to what the company would take out per week for healthcare.

[@OneManOnFire]

When I was in my 20s I worked at a union wearhouse. I didn't think the union was useful and paid $70 a month. Fast-forward to my late 30s I'm pro union and glad I did my time. I have a pension now.

[@jorgemunoz3288]

I worked at Microsoft from 1980 and retired in 92 at 35 a millionaire and moved to Nice France. I wasn't a union member, just a software developer engineer.

[@FINSuojeluskunta]

@@jorgemunoz3288 irrelevant and short sighted comment. Plenty of developers with terrible working conditions outside of the us

[@jorgemunoz3288]

@@FINSuojeluskunta I worked in Redmond and took the stock options. The difference between you and me is i retired at 35.

[@bn3764]

I pay 3.5% a paycheck and 40 a month for the ibew . But out of All the dues I pay I still come out on top . I still can pull in 120k a year with just a hs diploma . Not bad I think.

[@enzuojohn3540]

@@jorgemunoz3288 I think the point here is how many people can be like you？In 80s as a developer, that's sounds like mid to upper class to me already. You get a lot of benefit so you don't need a union, but not everyone can be like that, and that's where union comes in

[@bobshagit9503]

love how a company that literally used everything the government had as its own ( USPS ) to deliver their packages for YEARS off your tax dollar still refuses to help its workers this company needs to be dissolved

[@drinkingpoolwater]

USPS is also one of the worst shipping services. i'll use fedex or UPS whenever possible. had numerous packages lost with USPS

[@bobshagit9503]

@@drinkingpoolwater that is because they prioritize amazon packages over usps funny how that works huh

[@linusmlgtips2123]

shut up libertarian

[@drinkingpoolwater]

@@bobshagit9503 im talking about non-amazon stuff. fedex or ups will always make it there. USPS be lost, damaged, not found.

[@bobs182]

If USPS rates are so cheap for Amazon, why are they now doing nearly all of their own deliveries?

[@YouTubeCensorsEverything]

There does also need to be trusted leaders within the Union. Mismanaged unions are one of the reasons they vanished in the 1st place. Keep dues low and membership high. Maintaining unions can be even harder than forming them.

[@anhnguyenthingoc9504]

So true. My mother works for a company that unionizes. She never stops complaining about its union’s management.

[@tihseht472]

yup 100%. many unions became an institution that it was designed to protect workers from. like all institutions with men many unions became super greedy. theres stories of union reps making like 4x the amount of reg union employee with union car n a lot of other extra benefits like that. pretty much all unions start off as good and over time thats what has happend to so many unions so hopefully this time around they can keep themselves in check for the greater good of thier work force.

[@TheHauntedKiwi]

@@shockcat5988 This is literally a lie. Show me any labor union leaders who are richer than Jeff Bezos.

[@scepts]

@@shockcat5988 i haven't seen any union leaders on the billionaire list. Maybe im not looking hard enough, or maybe you are spreading misinformation.

[@andreymontag]

Unions vanished because the state cracked down on them

[@loreneaustin5304]

They are not going to have a tough road ahead. All the underpaid workers need to get together to form Unions. American workers have allowed these companies to use them for too long.

[@ocampbell1954]

Robots are coming next. Better believe that. lol All these blue collar low skilled jobs will become more automized.

[@davidstring8301]

Unions, like employers, can be good and bad. Hopefully this is a good union, and their union dues will be worth it to them.

[@mohamedc8908]

A union is only bad for the employer

[@DrewRueDoo]

Unions are great. Employers are the ones who hate them.

[@ZacharyWillFilms]

@@DrewRueDoo Unions can also impose unnecessary steps to get into feilds and create an environment where only if you know someone on the inside can you get a job.

[@JN-ys6eq]

@@DrewRueDoo You can get written up if you do a task, even if it's minor, if it's technically someone else's job. This can make it hard to get things done quickly because you have to wait for that person to help you instead of just doing it yourself. Yes, employers hate inefficiency but so do I.

[@trisnrik2245]

These guys look a bit sketchy

[@jason4275]

*If my pay increase to a livable wage then I see no issue paying $100 a month to a union, that money would have gone to junk food, redbull lotto tickets and beer anyways.*

[@adminadmin9997]

I made $3,600 in a week after taxes with my Union. Are dues are only $42 a month. If you can't pay that I don't know what to tell you bud. Local 416 and 433 ironworkers Union. Live better work Union

[@AQuietNight]

When you see the cost of renting even a 1 bedroom apartment, I can understand why these people unionize. It is a great incentive to unionize.

[@konigstiger3252]

$25/hr is more than some phd researcher makes. These clowns are cry babies.

[@AQuietNight]

@@konigstiger3252 Rents are going up rapidly. Even if 2 people share a place they are still spending a lot. They are not clowns concerning rent. As for the researchers, they be seeking lower rents too.

[@FINSuojeluskunta]

@@konigstiger3252 I make 38 an hour in southern Colorado. You're a fool man, grad students and above are largely abused and treated as cheap labor by universities.

[@sirpieman300]

@@konigstiger3252 looks like they need to be demanding a raise as well.

[@erikk77]

@@konigstiger3252 People choose to be a PHd of their own choice. They chose to have a lower income.

[@jade4897]

15 minute break: 7 minute walk to break room, 1 minute break, walk back 7 minutes to work Amazon: now you only get 10 minute breaks

[@terrexcorbin644]

And i don't like how the break system works you should be timed the moment you sit down not when you say it. So now i'm going to work my full 5 hours and take my break once i punch out

[@TheAlchemist1089]

I think $30/hr is too less too Warehouse workers should make $90k minimum It's a very tough and demanding job. Lots of brain and muscle work is required. They should fight until they get $90k. Or just get another job that pays well.

[@shanelittle1025]

So give these unskilled workers $90000 each. Then they will need to raise their product prices. Then customers will leave.

[@HonestBassFlavor]

I work in a union shop and can say it's not all great. My union has sold out workers, not defended workers when they should have, and some of the stewards support some of the workers being sent home for the day. It's not a perfect situation. I'm grateful for higher pay but don't think all of the crookedness is going to come from management. The union has a slice of corruption too, and it's a big one. And I used to be about as pro union as it gets. Be careful, watch your back and don't trust everything the union tells you either. Trust me.

[@adminadmin9997]

Come join the ironworkers union I made $3,600 in a week after taxes. They fight for us. We will take care of you brother. Local 416 and 433 ironworkers union

[@TellNoL437]

I wouldn't trust the leaders that were just interviewed...

[@jameshype8131]

Here in LA working 10 hours a 6 days a week, getting in and out dropping 250 plus packages in high double triple digits hot days is no joke. Eating on the go, and if you gotta go pee, if you're a guy they tell you carry a plastic bottle, worse if you gotta take a 💩 and have to make a pit stop fast food restaurant.

[@DaOldSchoolRapLova96]

We can’t even get over 5 days in Chicago. I’m in the burbs. Some Amazon jobs in the city have escorts behind them in the very high crime areas. Ups & FedEx as well. I did Amazon delivery & it’s not that ideal

[@JULIOCRUZJR10]

They don’t represent you, they charge and charge and charge and they don’t do anything to help. Well at least the union That represented me.

[@adminadmin9997]

The union I'm in charges me $42 for dues a month. I made $3,600 in a WEEK after taxes. I don't get what charge and charge and charge you are referring to. My job before that I was making $400 a week after taxes. Its a no Brainer union is better.

[@timberwolfe1645]

LOL!!!!! Google employees, making min 80k a year, want MORE money?!? LOL!!!

[@JoelReid]

I live in Australia where unions are a huge part of its history, influencing not just the commercial sector, but the political sector since the nation's inception in the late 1800s. In Australia unions are a balancing force, not a dominant force. America needs to move out of their corporate dominance, and to a balanced position with their employees.

[@0akland510]

Yet, here you are commenting on an American product that was developed through non Union means. Unions slow down scaling and expansion.

[@geraldbennett7035]

its why Australia is under performing

[@linusmlgtips2123]

@@0akland510 oh my god you're doing the meme

[@0akland510]

@@linusmlgtips2123 meme? 😂

[@0akland510]

@@LANDBACKbyANYmeans yea and in turn you limit scaling and expansion. China doesn’t have any unions and those guys are scaling fast.

[@savoirfaireethereal4234]

Worked as a 3rd party courier. Pay did not cut it. I still had to fork out money for gas, and vehicle costs. And no bathrooms.

[@erikk77]

Me too. It's not sustainable for long term.

[@REAL-UNKNOWN-SHINOBI]

Sad to say amazon will just fire those people

[@adminadmin9997]

More than likely relocate like Walmart did. Close warehouse and relocate

[@andre-le-bone-aparte]

@15:24 - 22 Years. Working at Starbucks. As a Barista. -- As much as I support the Union movement, these are part-time jobs - not careers. In 22 years you could have moved up doing something else.

[@mustang8206]

Fr there are so many viable career options even for those without degrees

[@Truth-of-the-matter]

But how do you define a "career." I do agree that its natural to want to evolve and learn new skills but honestly most people in "careers" even face deadlock in which their own learning and skills stop at some point. I think the whole idea of career is insane, asking people to perform the same tasks for years and eventually reaching a plateau of no growth. We should be encouraging people to try new jobs and skills not end up in a career just because that is what society has told you to do.

[@andre-le-bone-aparte]

@@Truth-of-the-matter Career: in 2022, being able to buy a home, health care, and have a meaningful retirement.- Bonus points if you can afford to have a family of 2 or more children.

[@corbindallas5710]

Amazon does not have to cooperate with this union. They are big enough to wait those union workers out in Staten Island.

[@erikk77]

The courts don't agree with you.

[@rockymaldonado714]

Dint make them strike for more than one day

[@JxshLondon]

Yes!!! Good for you !!!

[@robertdepesci3418]

i deserve a livable wage working for fred's lemonade stand.

[@zandercruz3487]

And now watch them "cheer" when Amazon slowly filters-out work from this joint because these people start demanding 50 bucks an hour.

[@murdelabop]

Which can happen because the NLRA rules allow management to use these divide and conquer tactics, since they have no provision I'm aware of to allow employees to unionize systemwide.

[@danielpalos]

Equal protection of our own at-will employment laws for unemployment compensation in our own at-will employment States helps with full employment of capital recourses in our market based economy and can help unions in that market friendly manner.

[@faitho0]

this is amazing

[@jakelopes2789]

Unions help workers are for the people

[@adminadmin9997]

You got that right.

[@erikk77]

Americans need to support unions to rebalance fair working conditions and living wages. I don't buy from amazon and will not until a majority of their warehouses are unionized. Since 1979 inflation and wages tracked together, after that time inflation has gone higher than wages can keep up. Back then if people would have bought union items made in america instead of buying cheap chinese stuff this could have been avoided. Vote with your dollars.

[@DirtyInvestor87]

As an investor i dont invest in companies that are very disrespectful to their employees. That is number 1 for me

[@MaxieJ09]

8:53 I thought he said weed for a second lmao

[@DrewRueDoo]

Unions are so important, especially in the US where work abuse is is extremely common.

[@adminadmin9997]

Ain't that the truth Live better work Union Local 416 and 433

[@kevinvargas8344]

“Play music hand out books, food, weed”😂

[@James-ew9sr]

Dope

[@Harley_Dude]

If you work at amazon and you don't support please reconsider for your own good and the good of the labor unionization movement. This is bigger than just you its for the future. Worked at UPS and left before the union got the approved pay so I didn't get any retro pay. Big disappointment but its the past and the job sucked anyways. If you want more you have to combine together its literally the only way. Either you force their hand or you make them bow to your will.

[@TheHauntedKiwi]

You have nothing to lose but your chains.

[@louish.9414]

Wow these kind of men we need in Politics fighting for the people and not for Wealthy.

[@alexcanatri5082]

Solidarity!

[@tpf4292]

Unions are the best booster for companies to try to replace human with full- or semi-autonomous machines, or in the case assemblies, to export jobs from US

[@anthonypresley1980]

Automation started in the 1950s. Your statement is moot.

[@alonzoworrell3438]

And now those socks going downnnnnn 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@EnzoRRz]

Congratulations!

[@lov4128]

RENT quals is 3Xs the rent. So if its 1500 a month for a tiny apartment, you got to make 3 X 1500 = 4500 a month wages. Some places dont let you share the rent, you EACH got to make 4500 a month.

[@damonguzman]

Thanks, CNBC. I can't stand your liberal bias on you new network but thanks for making a labor union video without shoving the bias down my throat.

[@TheAlchemist1089]

Unions are liberal lmao

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

Finally!

[@GetInTouchTV]

i was suppose to work at the carteret site a few years back ROFL. i forgot my ss card and never came back.

[@a-b0t633]

Hope it's a strong union. We have one at USPS but it hasn't stopped them from cutting our pay while simultaneously increasing our hours.

[@meleejones]

Other large warehouse's are following Amazon Processes.

[@adminadmin9997]

Live better work Union

[@icemike1]

Hope so

[@douglaz74]

Has Amazon sat down with the union? as of June 2023, Amazon has yet to acknowledge it.

[@Chillax11]

Good for the Amazon warehouse workers. I just feel sorry for the Amazon contract delivery drivers who have to deliver 400+ packages a day and they don’t get any Amazon benefits or anything for that matter. I believe the get paid 17 an hour. Amazon definitely a greedy company.

[@adminadmin9997]

There next in line

[@augustoliver2779]

Unions are good for employees.

[@autumn3510]

Whoa did they just say a worker died during the Prime Day rush?! That’s awful

[@DragonOfTheSkies]

Amazon: “You’re killing me, Smalls”

[@eziahjohnson167]

I support his hard work because it definitely made the difference.

[@LaPisteadaShow]

We need to give everyone a living wage and health care! These corporations are abusing workers while CEOs are making record braking profits.

[@thiagomoreno8761]

breaking*

[@killertofu]

When I hear things like this, I do agree but at same time the ironic side says these ppl work here because of their lack of sacrifice when younger for most of them . Bc of that lacking, they have to sacrifice to work at a job , they applied, it is no longer happy with . To that, I’d say leave. If your reasoning for not wanting to leave is in any way due to the lack of sacrifice at a young age to get a better job, then there is no pity. Your parents should have pushed education more diligently during your pre adolescence age, blame your parents and you choices rather then the company, YOU APPLIED TO WORK AT WILLINGLY

[@RealSerie26]

These dudes and their "living wage." Go to college, form your own business, etc. Nobody owes you anything. CEOs sacrifice themselves and raise above their peers. They sure as hell ain't watching Netflix 8 hours a day.

[@killertofu]

@@RealSerie26 exactly. The ceo of that company takes on all risks , all liability, all the expenses, everything surrounding the business. If the company goes bankrupt, the workers loses their job and collects a pension. The ceo loses millions plus bankruptcy of company amongst a lot of other things. Stop being so naive and being socially conditioned into thinking they owe you something

[@thiagomoreno8761]

@@RealSerie26 exactly.

[@murdelabop]

It's unfortunate that Amazon can't form their union on the basis of the Railway Labor Act, which would allow them to unionize system wide with a single election. The NRLA rules requiring the organizing of one facility at a time allow management to divide and conquer, which is materially unfair.

[@westsidepeanut3301]

In this situation I'm making if, If enough people walk out would Amazon's hand be forced ?

[@murdelabop]

@@westsidepeanut3301 Unknown, but the walk out would have to be system wide.

[@Evergreen319]

They just walked out on San Bernardino freight facility. Demanding more money and safe place to work. High schools dropouts are already getting $17 starting and they want more. They are asking minimum $5 raise and better working place. Go get a education or a skill. Make yourself worth more and find different job.

[@rockymaldonado714]

If they did this and thought that way amazon would not exist

[@DogWater2011]

The union is a great concept but with power and greed they can get too powerful.

[@thiagomoreno8761]

Its a good concept in theory, in practice its never good

[@murdelabop]

If the union has gotten "too powerful" then management needs to fire their contract negotiation team for incompetence.

[@dustinmccord2046]

Our union got us a 12% raise in 2022

[@michaelh4966]

Beloit Wisconsin has PA’s monitoring TOT but have favorable associates that they don’t apply them too because they are friends and learning and safety want to push rules but don’t apply to themselves and when I ask HR to talk to them nothing is done. Help us please mr smalls

[@dustinmccord2046]

I make almost 40 an hour as a United steelworkers union member

[@dennissimo7546]

So why is most of our steel imported

[@gmv0553]

@@dennissimo7546 I would assume he is an ironworker! One who constructs steel beams during the construction of buildings ect.

[@shakeebchaudhary1573]

@@dennissimo7546 because company have to pay huge sum of money to employees which results in cost increase and result in reduction of sales because imported steal comes cheaper

[@DarkPesco]

@@dennissimo7546 steel worker is not the same as iron miner. What does importing have to do with anything? You don't think we need people who can do something with the steel after it gets here? Somebody to WORK the steel? Hmmm?!?

[@dustinmccord2046]

I actually make glass but we're apart of the United steelworkers union GMP glass mold pottery's union and have great benefits and pensions and 401 k

[@TellNoL437]

They look and dress so professional during that interview. 🤣

[@paree99]

I thought the guys on the thumbnail were desus and mero

[@verareiki9263]

This is what the president of the United States wants is the more for the people and want them back into the Union the union is something I was in and I'm 78 years old now but the one thing about being in a union you always had a job Union people always was working they made sure you got a job. And God bless the unions because most of my families were in Union jobs and I'm telling you they really saved Our Lives.

[@lionessprincess9073]

you mean including lazy people that don't want to work while on the clock can still have their job?? I have seen it. Don't fool us.

[@sirpieman300]

@@lionessprincess9073 Of course lazy people will find a way to benefit, they do that no matter the system. That's simply the price your pay to protect the interests and lives of the masses vs the greed and wants of the few.

[@erikk77]

@@lionessprincess9073 That can happen but is the rarely the case. Such as what happened to GM's decline.

[@verareiki9263]

@@lionessprincess9073 there's no such thing as lazy people in the United States people in the United States is the hardest working people Union are known Union

[@lionessprincess9073]

@@verareiki9263 lol you are funny 😂🤣😆 yea right, no lazy people in the US 😳🙄

[@arthurfidas7254]

Unions for ALL multi million dollar corporations with overpaid CEOs!

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

*billion

[@xploreguide723]

they do not telll you when you have write up ?

[@unknownwelder6815]

That means terrible customer service and higher prices.

[@spencer1980]

Hey, on the off chance that I'm acting as the Amazon CEO, I order us to begin immediate negotiations to unionize our entire work force. As CEO of Amazon, profit sharing with workers is a matter I will not budge on (quarterly bonuses based on warehouse performance is what comes to mind).

[@jb3760]

I foresee membership price increases and slowed shipping times.

[@trisnrik2245]

And more thefts lol

[@joeearley3351]

Because all the Amazon facilities need to join the union. All workers join and shut it all down. This company makes 250+ billion dollars a year profit. WTH

[@verareiki9263]

See that's the thing that makes me really sad. I'm a disabled person. On Social Security. There's a lot of people in my building that is hungry. I go to the food bank every Saturday and get food for the people in my building that I know that's hungry. And the food bank here in Seattle Washington they give at least almost $200 worth of groceries every week. And it's from these wealthy stores like PCC sprouts Central Market all Costco all the big stores most everything we get is organic. And everybody that's 600 people in my building the people that's been here for a while all of them know me as the lady in the blue scooter. My stepfather was from Genoa Italy he taught me to help people that's the way he was and all his European friends we had a grocery store he used to put people on the book and make sure they had food to eat. Anybody that came in the store he would make sandwiches and give them food to take with them. My daughter is not 40 what she looks like she's 20 when she was three and a half almost 4 years old I took her on the streets and she resed the homeless people I'd have her to go give them food. And why did I do that for one reason my daughter is biracial and she's really very beautiful and I did not want her to be one of these beautiful girls banging all she thought about was herself I wanted her to think about other people and she still does to this day.

[@georgefrancis1696]

Hi dear ❣️ Warm greetings

[@knocksensor3203]

Take control of your places of employment, no too selfish “individualism “live better! , vote progressive for universal healthcare, more even distribution of wealth! 🙏👊🏽👊🏽👊🏻👊🏽👊🏿✊🏼✊🏾✊🏻

[@verareiki9263]

My daughter and I used to go to burger places and get like $20 worth of burgers coffee fries and then we go and give it to the people on the streets. But we didn't have a car so we rented a car well the day we rented the car they didn't have a economy car so they gave us but look like it was an Escalade very expensive car. You should have seen the people's faces when we were feeding the homeless people from that car you swear they had seen a ghost. The sad thing that we did find that some of the homeless people said are you going to hurt us are you going to trick us cuz everything a lot of people's been treating them like crap.

[@TellNoL437]

What does that have to do with this news story?

[@sergiorobles7169]

@@TellNoL437 lol

[@Dragonite43]

New Jersey! :D

[@Nighthawk-8050]

Good for them 👍

[@aubreycraraig]

Omg this is a wonderful story.

[@buddyb3783]

I’m in a union now and every job I had before so was like a teenage Job weak ass check no days off and I was in big industries. Unions are a blessing what would be a big companies reason not for their workers to unionize besides greed

[@adminadmin9997]

Hell yea BUBU Live better work Union Local 416 and 433 ironworkers union

[@Phil-D83]

I suspect the warehouses and/or stores will close or ortherwise shut down for economic reasons...

[@murdelabop]

Which is why Amazon workers should try to unionize under the Railway Labor Act, which would allow them to unionize systemwide instead of one facility at a time.

[@Phil-D83]

@@murdelabop good luck

[@StoneRunning23]

A tough situation for these employees. I think at the core it is a good thing yet you have to consider why there have been less and less unions until now. Look at the historical facts.

[@NoSkates]

Wiki has a good article on the history of why unions lost favor: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-union_violence_in_the_United_States

[@tommurphy4307]

maybe that's because unions are for skilled workers...

[@johnmoore1495]

@@tommurphy4307 I wouldn’t call factory like workers in manufacturing “skilled labor” meanwhile they made up the majority of unions when the US peaked.

[@jakelopes2789]

Bravo 🙌 for unions

[@charlievilla2669]

HEROS! 🙌🏼 Doing the work for those that are too scared to so. Thank you

[@ontasnyc]

Like it will hurt those companies. Now customers will need to pay more - that’s it.

[@patrickp9651]

Yes, that's true. It will hurt the consumers through price rises.

[@duane_313]

I clicked this video to learn about unions and labor rights. 👀I stayed to gawk at the ALU guy manspreading in the hoochie daddy shorts 😛😛😛😛

[@ThinkBeFree99]

Once u factor in getting ready and commuting the 8 hour work day stretches to 10 hr work day easily. Make all jobs that can be done from home perm WFH. Make the work day 6 hours. We spend more time away from home working and doing things because of work, we rarely have quality time for LIFE. Its ridiculous. Every industry should unionize