Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Shakopee, Minnesota, have held at least two strikes earlier this year over poor working conditions. In September 2022, Amazon workers outside of St Louis held a rally and delivered a petition outlining similar demands. Amazon workers at other warehouses in Georgia also held strikes to coincide with Prime Day. I was a top employee and I was just disregarded as a human being,” said Calloway.Īmazon workers in Joliet, Illinois, walked off the job on 12 October for Prime Day to push for higher wages and improvements to working conditions. “I have health issues and I have parenting responsibilities and school responsibilities. As a single father, he struggled with being forced to work a flex hour past his shift, as his child’s daycare charges significant fees for every minute he is late to pick up his child.
He criticized the lack of accommodations for workers with health problems, childcare issues, and claimed the building break rooms have unaddressed insect infestations and that bathrooms are often out of order. “Now, I don’t really see too much of a plan as far as working here goes.” I wanted to become somebody here,” said Calloway, who is also in school getting a degree in business management. “My plan when I filled out the application and walked through the doors as an Amazon employee was for this to be the last job ever. The company has also been widely criticized for high injury rates in its warehouses. Amazon raised its minimum wage to $15 an hour in 2018 after growing public pressure and criticism of low wages, especially compared to average wages in the warehouse industry. Calloway was fired two days later and joined a rally on 19 October with other Amazon workers to protest the firings.Ĭalloway, a single father with medical issues, claimed that $15 an hour for working at Amazon isn’t enough given the rising cost of living and the poor working conditions. Supported by the worker advocacy group United for Respect, workers at the warehouse delivered a petition in September with more than 300 signatures to management calling for a $5 an hour wage increase, a minimum wage of $18 an hour. They have filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) over the firings. In the meantime workers across the US allege that the giant company is conducting a harsh crackdown on unionization activities and they have responded with protests and strikes.īrandon Calloway worked at Amazon ATL6 in East Point, Georgia, for eight to nine months before he and another coworker were terminated, which they allege was in retaliation for delivering a petition to management at the warehouse. They plan to resubmit an election petition in the next few weeks, after an initial one was challenged. But Amazon workers plan to fight another union election at Amazon ONT8 warehouse in Moreno Valley, California.
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