Aug 02, 2022 06:00:00

It is reported that Amazon is doing 'union crushing' with the support of former criminals and disadvantaged students as a dashi

While Amazon is America's second-largest employer after Walmart, it also uses anti-union

training videos ,letters urging people to vote against unions, and even illegal methods . It is also a company that is making a bloody effort to prevent workers from uniting. According to internal documents leaked from such Amazon, it was found that the company was trying to weaken the union movement through seemingly philanthropic efforts.

Leaked memo: Inside Amazon's plan to “neutralize” powerful unions by hiring ex-inmates and “vulnerable students” - Vox
https://www.vox.com/recode/23282640/leaked-internal-memo-reveals-amazons-anti-union-strategies-teamsters

News media Recode reported on July 29, 2022 that it had obtained an internal document about an anti-union strategy created in May by Amazon executives. According to Recode, the document listed Amazon's key goals as 'improving the brand across Amazon' and 'establishing relationships with local stakeholders and key policymakers.' About.

Amazon executives who created the document said they wanted to deepen their ties with policymakers, saying they would 'cripple efforts by unionized workers to expand coalitions with external reviewers and advocates, and help Amazon advocates and advocates.' To provide a stepping stone for partner organizations to expand Amazon's economic and social impact in Southern California.' In addition, California is a particularly important place for Amazon because it has the world's largest distribution base owned by Amazon and has many employees.

And the organizations that Amazon has named as 'deliberately partnering with organizations that work closely with our opposition' to encourage the reintegration of ex-convicts and those with criminal histories. Target groups

Homeboy Industries and Defy Ventures were included.

Regarding this, Recode said, ``Amazon will deepen its relationships with these organizations by abolishing drug testing for job seekers, such as cannabis, and Amazon will support those who are trying to reintegrate into society and those who are socially vulnerable. The intention is to make the union's activities, which appeal for improvements in Amazon's poor working environment and treatment of workers, obsolete.'

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is another organization that Amazon is trying to establish relationships with anti-union in mind. According to Recode, about 80% of families with children in LAUSD live below the poverty threshold, and 81% of students graduate from high school, lower than the California average of 88%.

Providing employment to students in such disadvantaged areas is an attack material for Amazon's labor activists, saying that ``Amazon has not increased employment'' and ``Amazon cannot obtain stable employment.'' It was stated in internal Amazon documents that it would help counter the allegations of .

Regarding the internal document that shows that Amazon had hidden anti-union intentions behind its relationship with a public entity, Recode said, ``This document shows how Amazon uses enormous resources to fend off criticism. It was a clear reminder of how well-intentioned they are and how they use sophisticated strategies to look like good intentions and restore their reputation.'