(From the website Mobilize.us) “Wait…what is a union?” If you’ve ever enjoyed a weekend, an 8-hour work day, or basic employee protections such as your lunch break–you can thank unions for that!
US employers spend an estimated $340m annually on hiring union avoidance consultants to oppose unionization efforts and employers are charged with violating federal labor law in 41.5% of all union elections, according to a 2019 analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.
The global strike action on one of the biggest shopping days of the year was called for by campaign group Make Amazon Pay. It has titled the protests ‘Make Amazon Pay Day’.