appears with potentially offensive content. just a few months ago amazon workers rallied behind the hash tag we are not robots a campaign against what they say are unreasonable working conditions since then they ve learned there is strength in numbers amazon labor representatives from fifteen countries met in berlin on monday to coordinate their strategy against one of the world s most powerful companies. more than fifty trade union representatives from all over the world have gathered in the german capital for a two day meeting. they re comparing notes on working conditions in an amazon slip just six centers around the globe. south america is a new market for amazon and workers there want to learn from others with more experience and gaining better conditions. it s very important for like you know everybody here in europe absolutely but it s also more important for their workers
with it not being just one woman running against the male presidency with multiple women out there, it s more likely to be about what you bring to the bring job than a character of ambition. makes sense. susan paige, i do think strength in numbers helps. and i do think we re seeing some women ascending to power now who have worked for quite some time. they have been in the game for decades. which really helps. it s not just, you know, that one newcomer that broke through. there is a sense of us now. you know, i think that s true. i think there is a much greater willingness, also, to push back on stories like is she likable enough to be president, which is, by the way, not a question we hear asked about the male candidates or running for president. but i think it would be a mistake to assume that attitudes are changing. attitudes are deeply set about
turn up any. you know, these are folks from mostly honduras, fleeing both political and criminal violence there. and now, as they gain strength, a lot of folks, you know, from guatemala and now in mexico are seeing this as an opportunity to follow a dream north. so there s strength in numbers, they say. but yeah, we all know the dog whistle implied in the middle easterner line. and you know, not to argue with vice president mike pence, he may believe what he says, but what seems inconceivable is some terrorist would fly to the very southern tip of mexico and then walk for a couple months through the searing heat when they can just fly to the united states the way the 9/11 hijackers did. so you know, i think politics, this fearmongering, sort of fomenting the terror of the stranger is as old as politics itself, kate. and part of that is the
agents will come on and deport them. so they have to have strength in numbers but on the other hand the heat was so intense today, they have people trying to find any kind of state they have. people were dropping all over the place, they couldn t make it. many of those people are not going to be able to make it. and potentially 60 or 90 days, it s just not going to happen. these people frankly, everyone i talk to, they just want a better life. it isn t about the sovereignty of u.s. borders are mexican borders, they could care less. they have no job, they have no hope, they have no wages. there is no money in that anymore. so if america doesn t want illegal immigration, they have to get their own house in order because the people are coming and in fact we have reports that back down at the river, about 5e
while they weigh those options, they re on the phone. six arab countries came out in solidarity with them. they know there s such strength in numbers. sam vin grad, good to have you here. now to someone who knew khashoggi kamash personally. global affairs analyst jason re-sign was in prison in iran for 500 days. jason, tell us about the man you knew, former colleague at the washington post and just your reaction to what is alleged to have happened. ana, thanks for having me on. i was just getting to know him over the past few months. we write for the same section of the washington post , the global opinion section. and i really enjoyed all my interactions with jamal because we were both working on countries that are so often misunderstood in the united states and around the world, iran in my case and saudi arabia in jamal s.