(Amazon) Workers of the World Unite

Dr. Munr Kazmir
5 min readApr 3, 2022

From Amazon to REI, the return of unions may be one lasting legacy of Covid.

Around 200 Amazon workers, mostly of East African descent, protested outside their workplace in Minnesota. They protested against working conditions such as workers being tracked by computer and required to work at a high rate of speed, such as scanning something every 7 seconds, and the required speed is increased over time. People of East African descent make up 30–60% of the workforce at this location. December 14, 2018. (photo: Fibonacci Blue)

On Friday, Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York, made history. (“Uh-Oh, Amazon: Warehouse Workers Vote to Unionize in NY.”)

By voting to unionize, Amazon employees have officially ushered in a new age of accountability.

--

--