Posted on Apr 2, 2022
He was fired by Amazon 2 years ago. Now he's the force behind the company's 1st union
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https://www.npr.org/2022/04/02/ [login to see] /amazon-union-chris-smalls-organizer-staten-island
"He's not smart, or articulate."
Those were the words used by a top Amazon lawyer to describe former warehouse worker Chris Smalls.
Smalls had led a walkout at the start of the pandemic in 2020 to protest working conditions at the Staten Island, N.Y., warehouse where he worked. He was fired the same day.
The memo that contained those biting words was leaked just a few days later. But the words would stay with Smalls. They became the fuel that would drive him to lead one of the most dramatic and successful grassroots union drives in recent history.
"He's not smart, or articulate."
Those were the words used by a top Amazon lawyer to describe former warehouse worker Chris Smalls.
Smalls had led a walkout at the start of the pandemic in 2020 to protest working conditions at the Staten Island, N.Y., warehouse where he worked. He was fired the same day.
The memo that contained those biting words was leaked just a few days later. But the words would stay with Smalls. They became the fuel that would drive him to lead one of the most dramatic and successful grassroots union drives in recent history.
He was fired by Amazon 2 years ago. Now he's the force behind the company's 1st union
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good share/read Brother William.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT Charlie Lee PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) 1SG Dan Capri CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD SrA John Monette SPC Nancy Greene SGT Mark Anderson SFC Bernard Walko SGT James Murphy SGT Damaso V Santana CPL Patrick Rasmussen
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Not smart? And yet he was the force behind its first union and that willingness to unionize at Amazon is spreading nationwide. Quite the accomplishment for someone not smart nor articulate or were Amazon's lawyers were talking about themselves.
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So glad they underestimated him; writing him off as just another disgruntled, uneducated, ignorant fmr. employee that they can slander.
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