{"id":24986,"date":"2024-09-13T19:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&p=24986"},"modified":"2024-09-13T19:00:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T17:00:44","slug":"gaining-ground","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/gaining-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"UNI Global Union: \u2018Amazon is raising pay because unions are gaining ground\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAmazon is raising pay because unions are gaining ground, but a one-time wage bump won\u2019t solve the company\u2019s deep-rooted problems. While Amazon constantly pushes for speed, this pay package is, as unions say, too little, too late. Workers have earned this increase\u2014and much more. That\u2019s why they\u2019ll continue to fight against Amazon’s grueling conditions: punishing quotas, constant surveillance and injury-inducing workloads. Workers know only a union can deliver real, lasting protections. And history shows that they won\u2019t stop until they win<\/em>,\u201d said Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI Global Union.<\/p>\r\n

UNI Global Union represents over 20 million workers from more than 150 countries in the services sector. It works to advance workers\u2019 rights and conditions worldwide through organizing, collective action and collective bargaining.<\/p>\r\n

BACKGROUND:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Amazon\u2019s performance monitoring system makes its workers feel \u201cstressed, pressured, anxious, like a slave, robot and untrusted<\/em>,\u201d according to an\u00a0international study of Amazon employees<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in major markets for UNI Global Union\u2014the first ever of its kind. Over half of Amazon workers surveyed say Amazon\u2019s monitoring systems have had a negative impact on their health (51%) and their mental health (57%).\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The study, commissioned by UNI Global Union and carried out by\u00a0Jarrow Insights<\/a>\u00a0collected\u00a02,000 responses\u00a0<\/strong>from self-identified Amazon warehouse workers, drivers and office workers from\u00a08 countries<\/strong>, including the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Spain and Australia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

\u201cAmazon cannot look the other way when workers all over the world are saying that going to work is making them feel sick and anxious,\u201d said Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI Global Union. \u201cThis corporation has the data and resources to make their workplaces safer, they are just choosing to ignore workers who want a voice to make their jobs better and proven solutions like union health and safety committees.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Key findings:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n