Amazon Flex drivers in Avenel, New Jersey stage walkout to protest corporate efforts to cut costs at workers’ expense
The walkout by Avenel drivers is an expression of growing resistance to Amazon’s cost cutting drive against workers.
Philip Guelpa•
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Amazon obstructs congressional investigation into deadly Illinois tornado disaster
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has accused Amazon of obstructing its investigation into the deadly collapse of the company’s DLI4 warehouse facility in Edwardsville, Illinois during a massive tornado storm in 2021.
John Conrad•
Amazon workers walk out of facility at Bellmawr, New Jersey
Workers were protesting the planned closure of the delivery facility and the resulting loss of pay, increased expenses, disruption of established work schedules and uncertain future employment.
Philip Guelpa•
Trader Joe’s cut retirement benefits during pandemic
The standard 10 percent contribution was slashed to 5 percent for most workers, taking thousands of dollars from employees.
Alex Findijs•
Ray Coleman•
Nick Barrickman, Tom Hall•
Philip Guelpa•
Nick Barrickman, Patrick Smith•
Tom Hall, Elliott Murtagh•
Build rank-and-file committees at all Amazon facilities!
The International Amazon Workers Voice is assisting workers in the building of a network of interconnected rank-and-file committees of Amazon and logistics workers, as well as autoworkers, educators, and workers in other key sections of industry.
Fill out this form to join the committee nearest you. If a committee at your workplace does not exist, we will help you build one.
Whatever the outcome of the RWDSU re-vote, workers face the urgent necessity of establishing independent, rank-and-file organizations to fight for their interests.
Stop the closure of the Ford Saarlouis plant! Stop the works council manoeuvres! No step-by-step job reductions! For the international unity of all Ford workers in defence of all jobs!
Our closest allies are our fellow Ford workers in Valencia, Cologne, Craiova, Istanbul, the USA, and, above all, India. The most important step in mounting a principled defence of the Saarlouis plant is to build our rank-and-file action committee.
Ford Action Committee•
Ventra workers deserve a $10 raise! Throw out the bargaining committee and elect a new one from the shop floor!
“We are launching this rank-and-file committee in order to fight for what we rightfully deserve: a livable wage, a safe workplace, time with our families, better health care and more.”
Ventra Evart Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Kroger workers: Break the UFCW-imposed isolation of our struggles! Unite to fight for higher wages and better working conditions!
Earlier this month, Kroger workers in Indianapolis voted down a sellout deal, but the UFCW has kept them on the job even as talks have yet to restart.
Kroger Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Attend CFPE (Australia) meeting: “The crisis of public education, the betrayal of the teacher unions, and the need for independent rank-and-file committees”
The discussion will outline a political perspective, including the building of rank-and-file committees, to fight for decent wages and conditions for educators and for a properly resourced, universally accessible public education system.
Committee for Public Education•
Cross-Canada Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee•
CNH Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Mack Trucks Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Network of Rank-and-File Committees for Safe Education (Netzwerk der Aktionskomitees für sichere Bildung)•
Apparel Workers’ Action Committee•
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