UNI Commerce
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UNI Commerce is the Global Union for the retail and wholesale industry. We represent more than 160 trade unions and more than 4 million workers worldwide.
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Aslihan Tumer “In all my years working in other sectors, I've never seen workers treated so badly. And Amazon is probably the worst of all.'
Stefan Thyorke, Head of Logistics, ver.di - Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft 🇩🇪
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon accused of covering up worker injuries in warehouses
I've spoken to workers who say the company has instructed them not to phone 999 and to make their own way to hospital.
Comes after FOI requests revealed high ambulance call out rates.
tribunemag.co.uk/2023/10/expose…
📦Make Amazon Pay on the Last Mile:
“The Amazon operator, which is the entity at the origin of these parcel deliveries, will then have to pay 0.5 euros or 1 euro for each parcel.“
David Belliard Deputy mayor of Paris on Public Space, Transport and Mobility 🇫🇷 #MakeAmazonPay
🚚”Amazon has the resources but not the will to go down a sustainable road.” Aslihan Tumer, Global Coordinator, Clean Mobility Collective, the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Alma Dufour 🚮“Around 1 billion items are dumped by Amazon every year alone.”
Lynn Boylan Member of the Seanad Éireann, Ireland. 🇮🇪
🇮🇳 Dr. Vandana Shiva, environmental scholar & activist in the Summit to #MakeAmazonPay :
“I am with you in this new struggle.
Together, we will write the new rules of freedom, the new rules of justice, the new rules to regulate those who would exploit nature, society, & workers.”
🌍 “Amazon promotes a bussiness model of permanent consumption incompatible with the Paris Agreement.” Alma Dufour Member of the French Parliament 🇫🇷 #MakeAmazonPay
Delegación de FeSMC-UGT con la Diputada Veronica Martínez Barbero en la Cumbre Mundial de Amazon
#MakeAmazonPay
'In New York, the Warehouse Worker Protection Act came into force recently and we’re already hearing from workers that injury rates are lower.'
Jessica Ramos, Member of the New York State Senate
#MakeAmazonPay Its Workers panel, featuring legislators who have championed new warehouse safety laws.
Jessica Ramos: 'We all know the algorithm is the boss.'
Emma Greenman: 'The most dangerous workplace in Minnesota is a warehouse...It could be the safest.'
Veronica Martínez Barbero Diputada del Congreso expone en la Cumbre Mundial de Amazon la Ley Rider de España que supuso la salida de Amazon Flex tras su implantación
#MakeAmazonPay
“Amazon could decide to bring the Italian model to other countries rather than following the US model to remove union from all decision.” Stefano Malorgio, General Secretary Filt Cgil Nazionale 🇮🇹
🚨“It’s important that this community of unions, political leaders & NGOs come together to strategize about using our collective power to end Amazon’s brutality towards workers and its impact on our communities.” #MakeAmazonPay Christy Hoffman skwawkbox.org/2023/10/27/bre…
⚖️Legislation to #MakeAmazonPay
1. NY Warehouse Workers Protection Act: “In New York, we were able to bring Amazon workers to advocate for themselves and let the legislators know how Amazon warehouses have before high-tech sweatshops.” Jessica Ramos New York State Senator 🇺🇸
2. The Minnesota Warehouse Worker Protection Act. “This could be one of the safest industries and it’s one of the most dangerous.” Emma Greenman Minnesota House State Representative 🇺🇸
3. Spanish Riders Law: “Companies have the obligation to share with workers the parameters of the algorithm that affect working conditions.” Verónica Martínez Barbero, Verónica M. Barbero Member of of Spanish Congress of Deputies. 🇪🇸 #MakeAmazonPay
🇺🇸US Senator Bernie Sanders speaking via video at the Summit to #MakeAmazonPay .
“No company is a better poster child for the corporate greed and arrogance that we are seeing in the U.S., the UK and throughout the world than Amazon.” 1/6
🇬🇧RIGHT NOW IN MANCHESTER:
At the first-ever Summit to #MakeAmazonPay
🏢From the warehouse to the house of parliament, we are organizing on the frontlines to Make Amazon Pay.
🔥Join the movement!
makeamazonpay.com/summit