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Amazon Strike Takeaways: Walk-Outs Slowed Packages, Boosted Union Power (inthesetimes.com)

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Workers describe tens of thousands of packages delayed—and a strong sense of empowerment within warehouses—after Amazon workers with the Teamsters launched the largest strike to date against one of the world’s most powerful companies.

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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Several workers at different facilities, however, told In These Times that the number of packages they moved per day dropped by a third or more.

Power to the strikers!