Veterans of Amazon labor fights say the company will use whatever methods are available to prevent a new union at its operations. “For over 20 years Amazon employees have chosen to maintain a direct relationship with their managers, which may be because Amazon already offers what unions are requesting,” she said in an emailed statement. In a text to Bessemer employees, Amazon wrote that only the Postal Service has the key to access outgoing mail. The union claims Amazon pushed to fire union organizers at the delivery companies, many of whose workers wear Amazon uniforms and exclusively deliver Amazon packages. “That’s very intimidating,” Hamilton said, noting that many of the warehouse workers are recent East African immigrants.

Source: Washington Post March 09, 2021 11:03 UTC