Working People Amazon Workers United4Change (w/ Nannette Plascencia & Ivan Baez)
Mar 4, 2023
Nannette Plascencia and Ivan Baez, Amazon workers, discuss their experiences and efforts to unionize at the ONT8 warehouse in California. They highlight ongoing struggles, lack of safety enforcement, and retaliation against union supporters. They emphasize the importance of worker resistance and community support in the union drive.
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Nanette's Journey to Organizing
- Nanette started at Amazon in 2015 with hopes for a good job and found initial conditions positive but later faced strict metrics and limited advancement.
- A write-up for time off task despite her experience pushed her to begin organizing a union at ONT8.
Ivan's Labor Struggles at Amazon
- Ivan experienced multiple job firings before joining Amazon and witnessed harsh conditions, which fueled his union activism.
- He quit in protest over unfair time off task policies and returned to Amazon to join union organizing.
Opaque Metrics Harm Workers
- Amazon's union election win hasn't ended harsh working conditions or opaque algorithm enforcement.
- Workers deserve transparency on metrics like time off task and fair conditions akin to gig workers' demands.