think the way we came together as amazon workers, you know, just regular, ordinary people, just trying to do the right thing, and i think the work is resonating with that more so than any anti-union propaganda that they try to spill on the workers. i know that you disagree with this, but amazon did say they fired you because of covid violations. i guess in that walkout. i want to ask about the conditions, more importantly, inside the amazon facility. what is it like working there? well, i used to tell my new hires, if you have a gym membership, you might want to cancel it. these buildings are the size of 14 nfl football fields. you re walking around 30 miles a day, sometimes 60 miles a day, and you know, 10 hours, 12 hours of calisthenics, you only get a 30-minute lunch. your time on task starts,
can t actually show any significant gains. these workers will have a big fight on their hands. may face further firings. may be an attempt to separate them so they can t work together as easily. there s a whole playbook amazon will continue to draw from. the situation in new york seems to be unique, because in alabama we re seeing a similar situation at another amazon facility attempting to unionize, but that vote ended in a d do-over, too close to call. why such a different outcome there? it s hard to tell exactly everything that went into that, but we know that in alabama, for example, those workers don t have the same experience with yoon inns. in new york, second and third jobs that might be unionized. households and close family members with experience being in unions or unionized before, and they can really see what s true and what s not when amazon
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