Chris Smalls returns to The Checkout to discuss the latest efforts to gain better wages, working conditions and collective bargaining rights at Amazon.
Chris Smalls is a whistleblower and former Amazon supervisor in New York City. Chris was fired at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic for standing up for worker safety and better company communication around Covid-19. He has since worked tirelessly to organize his coworkers and create positive change in the rapidly growing fulfillment and logistics sector.
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Episode #81 Notes
0:30 - How did you start at Amazon, and what led to your dismissal?
3:00 - How did your unionizing efforts lead to the work you do now?
4:15 - What is your critique of Amazon and how they treat employees?
5:30 - What is the Amazon Labor Union, it’s goals, and how it came about?
6:45 - On organizing and recruitment tactics.
9:30 - How has Amazon responded to your organizing tactics?
12:00 - What do we need to build a logistics system that’s fair, just, and equitable?
13:30 - What are the benefits of employees having and contributing to a union?
16:00 - Closing thoughts.
