I love the idea of Google unions around the globe forming an alliance but it's strange to say 'Google workers' did anything. I'm an AWU member and we never had a member vote, or even heard that this was happening. Not exactly worker driven… 1/3 https://t.co/Ic1IwFHbrx
— Laurence Berland (@laurenceb) January 25, 2021
“They are using their collective muscle to not only transform their conditions of employment but also to address social issues caused by increasing concentration of corporate power.” @CHoffmanUNI #AlphaGlobal https://t.co/aJ0mviW4qq
— UNI Global Union (@uniglobalunion) January 25, 2021
Worth considering this move amid Amazon unionization push in Alabama https://t.co/fwR7IUb0Pt
— Ben Fox Rubin (@benfoxrubin) January 25, 2021
Organizing against a global company requires solidarity amongst workers in different countries. Alpha Global is an important step. https://t.co/bbuIJHArYv
— CODE-CWA (@CODE_CWA) January 25, 2021
Essential workers of the world, unite! https://t.co/19T1eazrBj
— Ed Bott (@edbott) January 25, 2021
The fight to reign in Alphabet is going global. Google workers in 10 countries, including the US, UK, and Switzerland, have formed an international union alliance to hold the company accountable: https://t.co/jeFehbiEyL
— Zoë Schiffer (@ZoeSchiffer) January 25, 2021
Google workers in 10 countries form union alliance: 'We will hold Alphabet accountable' https://t.co/j9SS1RHH8d
— FutureShift (@futureshift) January 25, 2021
Very, very high stakes election for Amazon and its employees. This is the closest they've ever come to unionizing. Fascinating details from @mcorkery5 & @KYWeise https://t.co/HmVO2idH5r
— Jodi Kantor (@jodikantor) January 25, 2021
Our fight to build power and unionize our facility began with workers talking to workers. Today, the @nytimes shared the critical story of how our fight to form a #union came to be. https://t.co/WzMGXn43Yq #1U #UnionStrong
— BAmazonUnion (@BAmazonUnion) January 25, 2021
The @BAmazonUnion drive began with essential workers talking to essential workers. “The pandemic changed the way many people feel about their employers. Many workers see the benefit of having a collective voice" -@sappelbaum #BAmazonUnion #UnionYes #1u https://t.co/EwxsgolMww
— RWDSU (@RWDSU) January 25, 2021
All eyes are on Bessemer, Alabama as Amazon warehouse workers get ready to vote #UnionYes! @NYT shares the critical story of how the fight to form a @BAmazonUnion came to be. @RWDSU #BAmazonUnion #1u https://t.co/5v7lSMNesz
— AFL-CIO (@AFLCIO) January 25, 2021
The Labour movement stirs....Amazon Union Drive Takes Hold in Unlikely Place https://t.co/pv0FzrYBxi
— Ann Pettifor (@AnnPettifor) January 25, 2021
“The pandemic changed the way many people feel about their employers. Many workers see the benefit of having a collective voice.” - @RWDSU President @sappelbaum #1u https://t.co/ZqUZnBzj2F
— Department for Professional Employees (@DPEaflcio) January 25, 2021
Remember when @amazon used the Bernies Mittens memes? We still do. How about letting Amazon workers unionize without harassment?https://t.co/PEbjePd5E4
— DSA ? (@DemSocialists) January 25, 2021
In Alabama, an unprecedented union organizing campaign at an Amazon warehouse. https://t.co/DS4Mn2LgpA
— TalkPoverty.org (@TalkPoverty) January 25, 2021
How in the world did the biggest union threat Amazon has seen in decades pop up in the right-to-work state of Alabama??@mcorkery5 and I look inside the organizing, and learned how the pandemic and Black Lives Matter collided to create fertile ground 1/https://t.co/kwdax2L9aB
— Karen Weise (@KYWeise) January 25, 2021
Workers from other union factories are going to the Alabama Amazon warehouse to help their fellow workers join the union ❤ https://t.co/K4pBsHISbs
— Tovarisch (@nwbtcw) January 25, 2021
All eyes are on Bessemer, Alabama as Amazon warehouse workers get ready to vote #UnionYes! @NYT shares the critical story of how the fight to form a @BAmazonUnion came to be. @RWDSU #BAmazonUnion #1u https://t.co/Iyggulqqka
— UNI Global Union (@uniglobalunion) January 25, 2021
All eyes are on Bessemer, Alabama as Amazon warehouse workers get ready to vote #UnionYes! @NYT shares the critical story of how the fight to form a @BAmazonUnion came to be. @RWDSU #BAmazonUnion #1u https://t.co/H3Lx9Xi0Tq @CentralLaborNYC
— TWU Local 100 (@TWULocal100) January 25, 2021
First off: GREAT NAME @BAmazonUnion! We need more unions in 'Bama and at Amazon and you are leading the way!https://t.co/1oJBuQOEsX
— PA AFL-CIO (@PaAFL_CIO) January 25, 2021
.@RWDSU members are the organizers on the ground for the Amazon campaign in AL. This is important. https://t.co/Yn1Ke6qLVQ
— Adam (@eastofadamo) January 25, 2021
The historical resonance of this union drive happening in a southern town called Bessemer is really striking. https://t.co/p6ShM3Dcgu
— Julia Carrie Wong (@juliacarriew) January 25, 2021
A lot of times when Alabama makes it into the New York Times it's for a stupid thing one of our politicians said.
— The Valley Labor Report (@LaborReporters) January 25, 2021
Today, it's because of multi-racial working class organizing.
You love to see it.
Follow @BAmazonUnion @RWDSUhttps://t.co/UXvSJeuuC2
“Since Oct. 20, the poultry workers have been standing outside the Amazon gates every day starting at 4:30 a.m., urging workers stopped at a traffic light to join a union.” https://t.co/t6SYTGr2HM
— Matt Pearce ? (@mattdpearce) January 25, 2021
Google workers announce global union alliance https://t.co/ePEHlmgCEx
— Matt Alley - BlueCollarWriter (@mattalley413) January 25, 2021
This is an important story: Amazon Union Drive in Alabama Warehouse Gains Momentum - The New York Times https://t.co/FYkgqKW1BG
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) January 26, 2021
"An early version of the website included photos of happy-looking young workers, including the image of a Black man leaping in the air that appeared to be from a free stock photo website...labeled 'excited african-american couple jumping, having fun.'"https://t.co/5GBMea1h7B
— R Givan (@rkgwork) January 25, 2021
Amazon Union Drive Takes Hold in Unlikely Place
— SNOWFLAKE (@jawja100) January 25, 2021
YESSSS!
GO UNION, ALABAMA!
RISE UP!!
https://t.co/VNuwhmCVbG
Please read the whole story, meet the Black poultry workers organizing at the Amazon warehouse. Hear the arguments Amazon has been making to keep a union out. @mcorkery5 and I learned a lot reporting this--we hope you learn a lot from reading it. 6/6 https://t.co/kwdax2L9aB
— Karen Weise (@KYWeise) January 25, 2021