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>>> THIS MOVEMENT HAS BEEN IN
THE WORKS FOR A COUPLE OF
YEARS.
AND STARTED WHEN CURRENT AND
FORMER AMAZON EMPLOYEES WHO
WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR
TREATMENT BY THE COMPANY DURING
THIS CRITICAL PERIOD OF TIME.
THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH PROTECTS
AND PROTOCOLS IN PLACE IN 2020.
WHAT THE HAPPENED, THEY STARTED
A CROSS ROOTS MOVEMENT AND
WOULD TALK ABOUT CONDITIONS AT
BUS STOPS, THE THINGS THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED.
THE PAY THEY DESERVED AND THAT
MOUNT GREW CULMINATING ON ANY
IS A SUCCESSFUL VOTE THAT YOU
MENTIONED FROM A FEW WEEKS AGO
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THE
SECOND WAREHOUSE IN STATEN
ISLAND TO BRING THIS TO A VOTE.
BECAUSE THIS IS THE SECOND ONE
AND HAS BECOME THE DAVID AND
GOLIATH STORY OF WORKERS, MANY
YOUNG GOING UP AGAINST JEFF
BEZOS, THAT DREW IN A LOT OF
SUPPORT FROM D.C. DEMOCRATS
LIKE SENATOR SANDERS AND
REPRESENTATIVE CORTEZ.
LOOK AT SOME OF WHAT THEY
SHARED WITH WORKERS YESTERDAY.
>> WHAT YOU ARE DOING HERE IS
SENDING A MESSAGE TO EVERY
WORKER IN AMERICA.
THAT THE TIME IS NOW TO STAND
UP TO OUR OLLIE GARKO, TO STAND
UP TO THE -- OLIGARCHY AND
CORPORATE GREED.
>> WHAT HAPPENED HERE OUT HERE,
THAT YOU GUYS DID IN STATTEN
ISLAND WAS JUST THE BEGINNING.
IT WAS THE FIRST DOMINO TO
FALL.
THE FIRST ONE.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER
ELECTION TOMORROW.
AND WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT
THAT.
>> WHEN YOU TALK TO WORKERS,
WHAT THEY WILL TELL YOU HAS
MADE THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS
UNIONIZATION EFFORT IS THE FACT
THAT IT WAS GRASSO ROOTS,
OFFICIALLY WORKER-TO-WORKER AND
THAT PEOPLE LIKE SENATOR
SANDERS AND CORTEZ DIDN'T GET
INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIZING
EFFORTS UNTIL LATER AND THEY
BELIEVE THAT RELATIONAL WORK OF
IT BEING A GENUINE THING FROM
COLLEAGUE-TO-COLLEAGUE ALLOWED
THEM TO GET TO THIS POINT AND
MAKE A SUCCESSFUL MOVEMENT.
>> THIS IS NOT THE FIRST UNION
VOTE WE HAVE SOON AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
HOW ARE THE WORKERS FEELING
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER
UNION HERE?
>> WE GOT TO TALK TO SOME
POKES.
THE REACTION WAS ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS
SITE THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE
FIRST WAREHOUSE, CALLED JFK 8,
THIS IS A SITE WITH A LOT OF
YOUNG WORKERS WORKING PART
TIME.
WHEN YOU'RE A PART TIME WORKER,
IT CAN MAKE ORGANIZING MORE
DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT
AROUND AS OFTEN AND NOT WORKING
SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER WITH
PEOPLE FOR 12 HOURS AT A TIME,
AND OFTEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND
MIGHT BE PLANNING TO LEAVE THE
JOB AND NOT THAT MUCH TIME,
ANYWAY.
SO, THIS IS AN INTERESTING SITE
FOR THE NEXT VOTE.
IT'S POSING A LARGER CHALLENGE
TO ORGANIZERS THAN THE FIRST
LIKE.
LISTEN TO SOME OF THE
CONVERSATIONS WE HAD THAT
REFLECT THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM
FROM FOLKS WHO ARE NOT SURE
THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THE UNION
AND OTHERS BELIEVING THIS IS
REALLY THE IMPORTANT NEXT STEP.
>> I'M AGAINST IT FOR RIGHT
NOW.
BUT I WANT TO SEE WHAT IS DONE
BEFORE I CAN SEE.
SAY, OKAY, I SENT THE UNION.
I WANT TO SEE WHAT IT CAN DO
FOR ME AS WELL.
>> THEY STARTED THE MEETINGS
TO LITERALLY TOP PRODUCTION.
AND ALL HANDS ON DECK,
ANTIUNION MEETING WITH THE
GENERAL MANAGER OF THE
BUILDING, GIVING A SOB STORY
ABOUT HIS FAMILY.
AND THE VICE PRESIDENT OF HR.
YOU KNOW, BASICALLY BEGGING US
TO VOTE NO.
>> Reporter: NO MATTER WHAT WE
SEE HAPPEN WITH THIS SPECIFIC
WAREHOUSE HERE, THIS IS REALLY
BECOMING A NATIONAL MOVEMENT.
IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO
AMAZON.
THERE ARE YOUNG WORKERS,
DIVERSE WORKERS AT PLACES LIKE
STARBUCKS AND APPLE DOING THE
SAME WORK.
THIS IS REALLY A MOMENT WHEN A
MOVEMENT IS BEING REVITALIZED.
UNIONIZATION MEMBERSHIP HAS
BEEN GOING DOWN FOR DECADES IN
THE UNITED STATES AND NOW WE'RE
SEEING YOUNG PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF
ALL BACKGROUNDS LOOK YOU SAW
THERE, THEY WANT MORE OF A SEAT
AT THE TABLE AT THEIR JOBS.
>> QUICKLY, WHAT IS NEXT AFTER
THE VOTE AND WHAT HAPPENS IF
THE VOTE SUNSUCCESSFUL?
>> Reporter: THE VOTE
SUNSUCCESSFUL FOR THE WORKERS
HERE AT THIS SITE.
YOU KNOW, LIFE CONTINUES ON AND
WORK IS GOING TO MOVE ON AS
NORMAL.
BUT, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS
REALLY WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF NOW
AS A MOVEMENT.
THERE ARE ALREADY OTHER AMAZON
WAREHOUSES FEELING TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH A VOTE AND
STARTING TO CONTACT THE AMAZON
LABOR UNION EXPRESSING THEIR
AND IN DOING THE SAME.
AMAZON IS SPENDING MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS ON CONSULTANTS AND
ASPECT UNION EFFORTS AND THAT
SUGGESTS THEY KNOW THIS FIGHT