Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 14—There is more than meets the media's eye on the Amazon and Starbucks campaign victories

Episode description

With last week’s union victories at Amazon’s warehouse in Staten Island, as well as union victories at Starbucks, there is a media narrative that is not telling the whole story.

In both campaigns, the Democratic Socialists of America, as well as Communist Party USA have had a rather large role to play in helping to unionize the workers at Amazon and, as well, Starbucks. However, despite it being publicly available for anyone to search out, it is not being talked in the media—even though it could be a more interesting story.

* NYT: Amazon Workers on Staten Island Vote to Unionize in Landmark Win for Labor

* Bloomberg Businessweek: Amazon Warehouse Workers Just Redefined What’s Possible for U.S. Labor

* Amazon Labor Union is “Supported By Established Unions With Decades of Collective Bargaining Experience.”

* People’s World: Amazon Labor Union builds community coalition to organize retail giant in Staten Island

* Starbucks Workers Voted To Unionize In New York City Flagship Store, So Did Amazon—Is This The Resurgence Of Unions?

* Socialists and Organized Labor Are Uniting to Change Pro-Boss Labor Laws

* Gen Z prefers "socialism" to "capitalism"

* Communist Party USA Chair: “…we are part of building labor’s independent structures.”

* 10 Ways DSA Members Can Support Starbucks Worker-Organizers

* Democratic Socialists of America: What is the DSLC?

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