"Vice: Amazon, Instacart, Target, FedEx Workers explain their strike"
Happy May Day.
"The political solidarity of the working class means the death of despotism, the birth of freedom, the sunrise of civilization." -- Eugene Debs
Not gonna swipe the whole thing, but it's worth clicking through to the important work the author did here: just letting working people tell their stories.
Amazon, Instacart, Target, and FedEx Workers Explain Why They're Striking
By Lauren Kaori Gurley
Essence Nash, Amazon warehouse worker, Etna, Ohio
I am striking because of Amazon's work environment is hard mentally, physically and emotionally. It's sad we had to wait for a pandemic to get to this point, but I'm hoping this changes the work environment and labor as a whole for the future. Two things I wish the public knew about work conditions are that we get cases of COVID-19 daily and that there are no extra steps they're taking besides the ones we have been doing since the pandemic started. We’re also being micromanaged all day everyday no matter what you do while we’re at work.
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