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Left Voice Magazine for April 2024 — Labor Notes Edition!
In this issue, we delve into the state and future of the labor movement today. We take a look at the prospects for Palestinian liberation through the lens of Leon Trotsky’s theory of Permanent Revolution, and discuss the way that Amazon has created new conditions of exploitation and how workers across the world are fighting back.
Left Voice
April 20, 2024
Inside Amazon: Exploitation and the Fight Against Capitalist Dystopia
A new book explores "Amazonification," the spread of global logistics chains, and the reconfiguration of the working class in the 21st century
Josefina L. Martínez
April 19, 2024
“Our Big Push Was for Union Democracy and a Plan to Win”: An Interview with the Amazon Labour Union Democratic Reform Caucus
Two years after the historic victory at JFK8, Amazon workers voted in a referendum in their union. They want to hold new elections and revise the constitution, as part of a struggle to make ALU more democratic and militant. Left Voice spoke with two organizers to discuss the struggle in ALU.
Luigi Morris
March 20, 2024
Journal Entry from an Amazon Worker: New Year’s Eve
An Amazon worker writes about their experience working New Years Eve.
Anonymous Amazon Worker
January 5, 2023
Labor Notes 2022: Which Way Forward for the Movement?
Thousands of labor activists and unionists from across the country, including several members of Left Voice, are gathering this weekend in Chicago to discuss the future of the labor movement. How can we make the most of the current wave of unionization in order to build a multi-racial working class fightback?
Left Voice
June 17, 2022
Amazon’s Retaliation Against Worker Activists Must Be Defeated
In the last two months, at least five pro-union activist workers have been fired at the Staten Island Amazon warehouses. Yesterday, Pasquale Cioffi, a process assistant who played an important role in the union victory, was also fired.
Luigi Morris
June 10, 2022
Amazon Won’t Stop Union Busting and Firing Organizers
Amazon hasn't recognized the Amazon Labor Union and, like Starbucks, is continuing to union bust and fire organizers.
Luigi Morris
May 20, 2022
‘It’s an Attack against All Workers’: Fired Amazon Union Organizer Speaks Out
An Amazon worker and union organizer speaks out against his wrongful termination and the need for working people everywhere to organize.
Tristan Lion
May 9, 2022
Unions Must Fight for Disabled Workers
Disabled workers face much discrimination in the workforce. Unions must fight ableism at every turn in order to protect all workers.
Olivia Wood
May 5, 2022
The Battle to Unionize Amazon Is Far from Over — All Out Against Union Busting
The votes are in: workers at LDJ5, an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, have voted against unionizing amid threats and intimidation. We shouldn't normalize or accept these kinds of anti-union tactics. We need to organize a national fight against union busting.
Left Voice
May 2, 2022