Amazon workers at a warehouse in Garner, North Carolina, are facing a heavy-handed anti-union campaign as they vote on whether to join the Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity (CAUSE) union. Workers report encountering pervasive propaganda and digital tracking measures designed to deter them from unionizing. The company denies these claims, insisting that employees are free to choose and that monitoring is for security purposes. However, labor experts and organizers argue that Amazon is using sophisticated technology to stifle union efforts.
Amazon workers at a facility near Raleigh, North Carolina , are facing a barrage of anti-union propaganda as they vote on whether to join a grassroots union. The facility in Garner , employing around 4,700 workers, is the latest battleground in Amazon 's ongoing fight against unionization. Workers have reported encountering flyers, mounted TVs urging them to vote 'no,' and QR codes on workstations leading to anti-union messaging.
Italo Medelius-Marsano, a three-year employee at the facility, described the environment as inescapable. 'You cannot get away from the anti-union propaganda or being surveilled, because when you walk into work they have cameras all over the building,' he said. 'You can't get into work without scanning a badge or logging into a machine. That's how they track you.'Workers are voting on whether to join Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity (CAUSE), a union formed by current and former employees seeking to improve wages and working conditions. CAUSE representatives have set up a tent across the street from the warehouse and distributed leaflets in the break room, making their case to employees. Amazon, the nation's second-largest private employer, has a long history of resisting unionization efforts. While the Amazon Labor Union successfully organized a Staten Island warehouse, other attempts have been thwarted. Amazon has argued that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which investigates unfair labor practice charges, is unconstitutional. Amazon spokeswoman Eileen Hards stated that employees are free to choose whether or not to join a union and that the company engages in 'open, candid and respectful' conversations about unions. She denied claims of retaliation against union activity, stating that employee monitoring is for 'security and safety,' not surveillance. However, CAUSE organizers like Orin Starn, who was fired by Amazon last year, argue that the company uses 'algorithmic management of labor,' tracking employees through scanners to discourage unionization. Professor John Logan of San Francisco State University, an expert on labor and employment, believes Amazon has 'perfected the weaponization' of technology in anti-union campaigns, though he acknowledges that data analytics are becoming more common in similar efforts across the country
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