Thousands of Amazon workers go on strike amid holiday shopping rush: Unbiased Updates, Dec. 19, 2024

[@thequestion3960]

You don't make a bill for the people and sneak to include a pay raise for the Congress/Senate members. You make separate bills.

[@WhatsUpWithSheila]

As a fellow Amazonian... Let these fools strike... Amazon will just send their work to the other facilities, so customers are not affected... And then when they get shut down... More guaranteed work for the rest of us.❤

[@msKita43]

You don't feel a win would benefit you?

[@WhatsUpWithSheila]

@msKita43 No: 1. I have no major problems with my job ( that could easily be fixed) 2. unions mostly help people who are *problem employees* 3. Dues are only worth paying if your employer is a d*** , in which case why did you stay so long? There was a time in history where Union demands made were for *real* employee safety and well-being* and absolutely needed. Now it's just about getting pure *wants* satisfied. I see unions as the same as old school civil rights leaders. irrelevant & grasping at straws to appear so. *ALOT* of the people on *strike* don't even work for AMAZON..so who are they going to strike against, when AMAZON cancels their *real* bosses contract?

[@msKita43]

@@WhatsUpWithSheila I appreciate you taking the time to explain your perspective. I can see your point. I just joined a job where there's an established union and I'm grateful for it. I don't like the idea of paying into it but if it means I have better job security and ppl advocating for my rights then I'm willing to pay.

[@akumu9x9]

Amazon: EVEN MORE ROBOTS.

[@James-ly3ks]

Thank you for delivering news without ideology. I'll be a regular.

[@cesarhernandez769]

So how long until massive layoffs kick in and the work force is replaced by scabs or automation?

[@davidsawyer6003]

I'm no fan of Amazon. However, doing this at Xmas time is down right nasty. Customers will suffer not Amazon.

[@logangoodwin8941]

Well, this feels like a waste of time. All Amazon is going to do is switch to their backup plans, hire new people, and forget about the old ones.

[@P2Feener305]

We can only hope

[@who2u333]

Heck yea brother! Fighting corporations and billionaires is hard, so don't even try!

[@anthonymccullough158]

Yes!!

[@justinkase7763]

Oh No! 😱 I may actually have to go to a store to buy stuff.

[@plurtwink]

I think $175K a year is plenty enough pay for congress.

[@konstantinpospelov951]

They're about to get a 30% pay raise

[@konstantinpospelov951]

@plurtwink they're about to get a 30% raise

[@BilldoeTruth]

Departshellteracismen NYC 😢

[@P2Feener305]

Hahahaha jokes on Amazon! Last year and the year before I bought everything or at least mostly everything on Amazon…this year..ZERO! This year I decided to not be lazy and wait around..I decided to just go to a store a go home with my gifts.

[@suzyq9027]

I deleted my Amazon account completely.

[@poollife777]

Hahaha the joke's on you cuz I order several hundred things a year from amazon. I don't buy crap for Christmas cuz that's a waste of money I buy the things I need. My kids are grown so I don't have those problems. Goody for you they don't care about you you're one person.

[@mylamberfeeties875]

😂 your are not helping those people with those jobs guess they do not need them, based on how they treat customers I already assumed that 😂

[@BlackSheep-83]

Good thing I did my shopping earlier!

[@moedark4390]

thats the christmas spirit, keep kids from getting their gifts

[@hawaiipreppersnetwork808]

Good thing I don't do Amazon 😅😂

[@mylamberfeeties875]

How will this make them treat innocent customers and packages better? They take it out on the customers, do they think the customers are going to support bad behavior towards them? Or are the customers not going to care 🤔

[@cleigh113]

Nobody's taking anything out on the customers except Amazon for creating the situation in the first place.

[@scallopohare9431]

@@cleigh113Gosh, these Amazon facilities were courted by local governments for the well paid jobs!

[@janetprice85]

That will not get them sympathy.

[@00-Dima]

Its ok the politicians have looked at the problem and decided to give themselves a raise

[@fedupamerican296]

Never liked or joined amazon. I want to pick my own fruits and veggies. I like trying on the clothes, shoes, even hats, before buying. Returns are usually a pain and sometimes you do not get full refunds. Bring back local retailers..... farmers and manufacturers too.

[@PHARA0H]

Thank Jesus there are no opinions here! The only reason I watch this channel is because it's so far been news without any opinions or bias, just facts.

[@MadnessMotorcycle]

You seem to have missed their climate change scam videos. No facts there.

[@bonsaidouglas9180]

😂

[@valevisa8429]

I love others' opinions,that's how i enlarge my point of view.

[@PHARA0H]

@valevisa8429 opinions are great on their platforms, like an interview or podcast not the news.

[@valevisa8429]

@@PHARA0H I don't mind news without them,but i prefer them with guests ' opinions.Helps me understand the reality better.

[@Muddyme]

Well done, loving SAN!

[@michealknight1304]

I loved this video. I can't recall ever seeing someone just showing the left and right media bias. And it's all in one place! I fully support more videos like this. 👍🏿

[@AntonioRandazzo-c3p]

GREAT REPORTING THANK YOU MISS

[@jaysonj9327]

In related news union membership fell dramatically again in . . . . . 2025, 2026, 2027, etc.

[@stevenmitchell1]

As the economic divide between the classes widened and pushed millions more into poverty.

[@stratman103]

Union thugs going to destroy another business. And who suffers? The consumer.

[@valevisa8429]

I'm all for workers,all for unions.

[@stevenmitchell1]

Why are all of the police in the US unionized?

[@WhatsUpWithSheila]

Nope Amazon will not let that happen.

[@johnwyatt5758]

The union picking the pockets of the workers

[@mattb8754]

Yeah because Amazon isn't

[@JadyGrudd]

...at least Amazon is honest about it

[@sunayakong8537]

We’ll see how the employees feel about unionizing when they have to start paying hundreds of dollars in union fee.

[@nwhite3080]

Shawn probably lives closer to Jeff's life style than his members

[@napakapa1046]

True, but the workers are still better off with the union than without, although it does, like many unions need dramatic reform in terms of member democracy and longer term vision of the union movement.

[@zcvxs]

Delivery drivers need security. Its not right to expect drivers to face theives alone

[@bonsaidouglas9180]

So , double the people on deliveries and cost ?

[@NinjaRunningWild]

That's a matter of local government not the delivery service.

[@clintonmatthews1507]

This is what we need to be negotiating

[@JaneStites]

They say not to put up real pine trees anymore cause too many people are allergic to them. I say stop putting up the fake artificial plastic ones cause those aren’t mentally, emotionally or spiritually healthy either.

[@justdoingitjim7095]

This is just one of the reasons I hate unions! I've belonged to two of them, so I know how they work inside and out. They will purposely hurt the general public to get their demands met. Most of you don't mean squat to them, because you're not a union member! My dad was a lifetime union man and he showed me how union people literally despise anyone that's not a member. So, it shouldn't surprise anyone when the union bosses make the public suffer to get their demands met!

[@Denver_____]

What the heck is a teamster?

[@EthelMaeHenderson]

A Teamster historically referred to someone who drove a team of animals, such as horses or oxen, pulling a wagon or other equipment. The term originated in the 19th century and was commonly used during the era of horse-drawn transportation. In modern contexts, Teamster primarily refers to a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), a prominent labor union in North America. The IBT represents a wide variety of workers, including those in transportation, logistics, warehousing, and other industries. While the union's roots are in organizing truck drivers and freight handlers, it has since expanded to cover workers in diverse fields. The IBT is known for advocating for workers' rights, fair wages, benefits, and better working conditions through collective bargaining and political activism.

[@bonsaidouglas9180]

​@@EthelMaeHenderson this is YOUR OPINION not the actual definition

[@bonsaidouglas9180]

Not from this country eh ?

[@EthelMaeHenderson]

@@bonsaidouglas9180 No it's the actual, written in stone FACT. Thanks.

[@gigginbig3]

@@bonsaidouglas9180 it was 100% the actual definition😂

[@deborahsharp2354]

Gonna be hell to pay for this move.. just because they want change does not mean they will still have a job to enjoy the changes implemented

[@scallopohare9431]

Amazon workers are seriously overpaid for what is essentially casual labor. Didn't the Teamsters just have to back down on another front? Definitely big labor. That is obsolete.

[@sunayakong8537]

What about the insatiable greed of the unions.

[@melindahernandez8778]

REMEMBER, THE TEAMSTERS REFUSED TO ENDORSE KAMAL!!!

[@mylamberfeeties875]

And?...... the union treats people bad I would know I was conned into giving them money every month for nothing 😒

[@stevefritz5182]

Strikers "I don't care how much someone invested to give me a job. I hate my job. I don't want to work."

[@ophiuchus992]

Fire them all

[@thatlittlevoice6354]

Already got my stuff

[@MrHeavy466]

Yes, the Congress members must be paid more. It's difficult being incompetent every day for years on end!

[@user-qr7ee2cp4y]

Amazon workers should get stock options and bonuses too for when the company succeeds.

[@yaguking]

We did at 1 point. It got swapped out when we got a $15/hr min wage. What we have now is the option to have our checks deducted to pay for stocks.

[@mattb8754]

They treat their customers like garbage. Why would they treat their workers any better?

[@poollife777]

How do they treat you like garbage when they don't even see you? I have been using Amazon for over 10 years and have never had an issue with anything and I literally order hundreds and hundreds of things a year. And I've had two or three friends that work there and never had a problem with it. They pay $6 an hour more than these stupid Allieve pot places we have. You know when you're complaining you're just hurting the workers more. Amazon is not a person it is the name of a company. A company full of small little businesses as well as other types of businesses. Minority-owned businesses and small businesses. Do you even realize that with your small level of knowledge?

[@DeborahGrantham-xh6dn]

If my package is delayed it’s on the Amazon workers.

[@poollife777]

And what are you going to do about it? Who freaking cares.

[@liamreagan3477]

Good for them! Amazon preaches one thing for the rest of us and does something different.

[@poollife777]

What are they preaching to the rest of us? I've never had Amazon which is the name of a company ever preached anything at me. And neither have any of the employees that I have known. So I don't know what you're freaking talking about but that is weird.

[@robertstanton959]

Dont you love unions?

[@newtechnoblade]

USELESS!

[@clintonmatthews1507]

Now they getting intelligent

[@branchingoutnurseries4403]

Hope tomorrow's headline is 1000's of new employees begin their 1st day on the new job happy to be employed! a special FU to all those Amzon (hopefully soon to be former) employees who thought this was how you get ahead, by extortion.

[@NikolaStamenkovic6]

Please tell them, what is the right way for you?

[@poollife777]

​@@NikolaStamenkovic6your sentence made no sense at all.

[@NikolaStamenkovic6]

@@poollife777 I have a hard time composing coherent sentences sometimes. It's true.

[@barbarashaffer8486]

here in the manufacturing world, where we get SLAMMED during holidays, many of us are pushing for holiday pay for black friday and cyber monday. many companies already do that, we want them all to. we work for the same pay but we push out more than double the products. america orders, we make, amazon delivers. spread the wealth yall! we all contribute, you wouldnt make it a day without us.

[@vtencouchclimbr267]

And you know it happens and when and you should do your job. As an adult, I don't try to renegotiate my pay every time a difficult project demands attention. Which is often FYI. At least yours is predictable.

[@barbarashaffer8486]

@@vtencouchclimbr267 yes it is predictable. but those CEOs and shareholders make SO MUCH MORE during the holidays. they dont even give gift cards to the employees. i mean buy them a turkey. something. let them know hey this was a big push and yall made it happen for US. thanks. but no. to them its like any other day. double the work tho. same pay.

[@beebeescreebee]

The Schemesters . . . and FJB!

[@stevenmitchell1]

I love all of the anti-Union sentiments on here. Do all of you people realize that nearly every police, sheriff and full-time fire department in the United States are unionized ?

[@toplel1860]

Don't get me wrong amazon absolutely needs Unions but not every company needs them.

[@orion2250]

Union=mob

[@scallopohare9431]

Tryin' to think when I ever heard of any emergency responders going on strike. Must've happened, but not with the regularity of other unions.

[@vtencouchclimbr267]

You glazed over the part of the bill that extended emergency powers to include mandating vaccines, among other terrible ideas.

[@valevisa8429]

Vaccines were mandated since scientists discovered they save lives.

[@handjgerhardt7391]

Honestly, no disrespect meant by my next statement. I am really appreciative of SAN and excited for the direction they are headed. Please recognize the need for proper pronunciation in journalism, however. The word is "illegal" not "e-legal". I know that's nitpicky but it hurts the ears when a journalist falls into 'current speak'. They should try to elevate themselves. It's akin to younger people now pronouncing "mountain", or the like, as "mou-in". It has a 't' in it... so use it. Bleh.

[@sunayakong8537]

Yes.

[@scallopohare9431]

Have you ever gone outside your dwelling? The world if full of people who do not speak like you, or me, or anyone else.

[@handjgerhardt7391]

@ Well, that was a rude comment. I have traveled the world, as a matter of fact. The simple fact is that a journalist for American media should be held to a higher standard than a surfer from Spain… when delivering the news to Americans. Seems simple and not nearly as angry a concept as you so poorly delivered.

[@scallopohare9431]

@@handjgerhardt7391 Well, you understood what was meant? You're just being pedantic. Run along.

[@SongDog9]

Why is Elon Musk controlling our government????

[@billmM3605]

Because our government needs it.

[@SongDog9]

@billmM3605 are you serious???

[@billmM3605]

@SongDog9 Yes. Our government has been out of control for decades. That is why we are $36 trillion in debt.

[@SongDog9]

@billmM3605 maybe because of tax cuts for the rich and military budget?

[@billmM3605]

@SongDog9 If I was rich, I wouldn't want to pay more in taxes either, just to watch it be pissed away by an irresponsible goverment. Get the wasteful spending gone and then have a discussion on raising taxes.

[@wessroddy340]

God bless all the workers

[@Terry-v7p]

You will be replaced by a robot, you played yourself

[@Thegreatwarpotato24]

Hahahahaha well played

[@zcvxs]

Bezos is not interested in human workers rights

[@poollife777]

He's not really involved in the company anymore so quit blaming him for everything. These people make $5 more an hour than a lot of places where I live paid. Quit worrying about them they're all a bunch of slackers.

[@clintonmatthews1507]

Lol

[@SongDog9]

Support

[@nh251]

I hope those who strike don't get hired back by any company.

[@barbarashaffer8486]

they are being exploited. its like a chef with 25 yrs exp getting paid the same as the 16 yr old who just started in the kitchen. its exploitation. period. they NEED these workers. the workers dont need that job. they were looking for a job when they found that one. plenty more down the street. its about knowing your worth. a bottle of water is a buck unless its at the airport. know the worth...

[@nh251]

@@barbarashaffer8486 No, the water bottle thing is about exploitation, interesting metaphor choice. There is more workers. The workers NEED the company. Without the company, there's no one to pay them. There are other people who'd leave their jobs for the opportunity being offered by Amazon in a heartbeat. Self-inflating your worth doesn't make a person more valuable, you're only more valuable when you bring in more money for the company. If you just expect raises because you've worked there for a year and haven't learned anything new or tried to take on new responsibilities, then you'll be lucky to get a cost of living adjustment. Doing the bare minimum does not entitle you to wage increases.

[@barbarashaffer8486]

@@nh251 you are hired to perform a job with a select amt of pay. if you want me to bring more skills than the original agreement, im gonna need those skills paid for. its that simple. i went above and beyond for a company for 8 yrs before i realized ppl were being hired in making the same as me. after that long and that much work for THEM, i still was making their bare minimum. never again. and that happens still today. go into any kitchen. you got one head chef with 20 yrs exp, making 17 an hour while a kid comes in first job and makes the same. they need to pay for our skills. or we arent gonna work. if they want amazon employees to put out double the normal amount, they should pay more for that. atleast give them groceries for a week. its literally the same job and double the work. id be upset to. or hire more ppl in for the holidays to help. either way they dont wanna pay, but they want more production.

[@johnwashingtoncountyor4954]

I for one would like to see Amazon, and others like it, go away.

[@poollife777]

Well I'm sure all the minority and small owned businesses on their would hate it if it went away. You people act like Amazon is the name of some big freaking store when it's really full of regular people all across the freaking world trying to make a living. You know people that can't afford rent or anything else.

[@williamcherry2772]

Who needs Amazon..

[@poollife777]

Obviously trillions of people across the world and I'm one of them. I love to bake and find unusual spices I love to support minority and small businesses which are all on amazon. And for the money I pay I get the delivery I get music I get video and so much more.