{"id":2004,"date":"2023-09-02T13:48:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T21:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/?page_id=2004"},"modified":"2025-08-25T10:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T18:00:20","slug":"a-more-perfect-union","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/1st-21st-century-church\/a-more-perfect-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screen-Shot-2023-09-23-at-3.16.11-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screen-Shot-2023-09-23-at-3.16.11-PM-300x249.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screen-Shot-2023-09-23-at-3.16.11-PM-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screen-Shot-2023-09-23-at-3.16.11-PM.png 392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION &#8211; <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Please bear with US accordingly.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>Helene de Boissiere is converting her experiences as an Amazon warehouse high tech blue color workers address safety and health issues in the evolving world of AI, hostile work environment, where profits are put before human life.<\/h4>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 2.2rem; text-align: center;\" href=\"https:\/\/sol.alu.network\/sny5-union-representation-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SNY5 Union Represntation Form\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Please be sure to cick on this link to join the Amazon Labor Union shop\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screen-Shot-2023-09-23-at-3.16.11-PM.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a>forming at SNY5 in Melville, NY<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"story-text__paragraph \">The Amazon Labon Union Backstory<\/h6>\n<p class=\"vMjA gjbz eHrJ mTgU \"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Live\/chris-smalls-fired-amazon-warehouse-beat-retail-giant\/story?id=83892275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&#8217;s how Chris Smalls, who was fired from an Amazon Warehouse, beat the retail giant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Smalls\u2019 Amazon story begins in 2018, when he says he helped open the New York warehouse while employed as a supervisor for the online retailer. That\u2019s when he founded the ALU, bringing together a scrappy group of former and current warehouse workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk nlgH yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\">It was that Staten Island group that made history on April 1, after going head-to-head with Amazon in a union vote, and winning. This marked the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant\u2019s history.&#8221;\u00a0 [Excerpt]<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/02\/business\/amazon-union-christian-smalls.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Two Best Friends Beat Amazon\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Amazon formed a reaction team involving 10 departments, including its Global Intelligence Program, a security group staffed by many military veterans. The company named an\u00a0<a class=\"css-yywogo\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/int.nyt.com\/data\/documenttools\/jfk8-protest-support-document\/0efb880eaf14cb42\/full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cincident commander\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and relied on a \u201cProtest Response Playbook\u201d and \u201cLabor Activity Playbook\u201d to ward off \u201cbusiness disruptions,\u201d according to newly released court documents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the end, there were more executives \u2014 including 11 vice presidents \u2014 who were alerted about the protest than workers who attended it. Amazon\u2019s chief counsel, describing Mr. Smalls as \u201cnot smart, or articulate,\u201d in an email mistakenly sent to more than 1,000 people, recommended making him \u201cthe face\u201d of efforts to organize workers. The company fired Mr. Smalls, saying he had violated quarantine rules by attending the walkout.&#8221;\u00a0 [Excerpt]<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"story-text__paragraph \">Articles of Interest<\/h6>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/09\/22\/lawsuit-against-amazon-expected-next-week-00117609\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A monopoly-busting Amazon lawsuit might be Biden\u2019s boldest move yet to tame tech<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"headline\">&#8220;A long-awaited antitrust case against Amazon\u2019s massive online retail operations is expected to be filed in federal court as soon as Tuesday, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph \">The Federal Trade Commission has been preparing a complaint since at least the start of this year targeting an array of Amazon\u2019s business practices. The exact details of the lawsuit are not known, and changes to the final complaint are possible until it\u2019s officially submitted. But personnel throughout the agency, including FTC Chair Lina Khan herself, have homed in on several of Amazon\u2019s business practices,\u00a0<a class=\" js-tealium-tracking \" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/07\/25\/ftc-lawsuit-break-up-amazon-00108130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking=\"mpos=&amp;mid=&amp;lindex=&amp;lcol=\" aria-label=\"POLITICO has previously reported (opens in a new window)\"><u>POLITICO has previously reported<\/u><\/a>.&#8221; [Excerpt]<\/p>\n<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanders.senate.gov\/press-releases\/news-chairman-sanders-opens-sweeping-investigation-into-amazon-warehouse-safety-and-calls-for-amazon-workers-to-share-their-stories\/\">NEWS: Chairman Sanders Opens Sweeping Investigation into Amazon Warehouse Safety and Calls for Amazon Workers to Share Their Stories<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON, June 20 \u2013 Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), sent a\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenSanders&amp;crop=19239QQQ68860222QQQ11827118QQQ732115702&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.help.senate.gov%2fimo%2fmedia%2fdoc%2fletter_from_help_chairman_sanders_to_andy_jassy_amazon_ceo.pdf&amp;redir_log=138206759483747\" href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenSanders&amp;crop=19239QQQ68860222QQQ11827118QQQ732115702&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.help.senate.gov%2fimo%2fmedia%2fdoc%2fletter_from_help_chairman_sanders_to_andy_jassy_amazon_ceo.pdf&amp;redir_log=138206759483747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a>\u00a0today to Amazon Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy initiating a HELP Committee investigation into the abysmal safety record in Amazon\u2019s warehouses and the company\u2019s treatment of workers who are injured in those warehouses. Sanders also published a\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenSanders&amp;crop=19239QQQ68860222QQQ11827118QQQ732115702&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.help.senate.gov%2famazon-investigation&amp;redir_log=34837483178345\" href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenSanders&amp;crop=19239QQQ68860222QQQ11827118QQQ732115702&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.help.senate.gov%2famazon-investigation&amp;redir_log=34837483178345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> where Amazon workers can submit stories about their experiences at the company to help inform the Committee\u2019s investigation. [Excerpt]<\/p>\n<h6>SNY5 Organizing Updates<\/h6>\n<p>17 of June \u00a0IBT and ALU join forces<\/p>\n<p>23rd of September<\/p>\n<p>Things are moving along here at SNY5.\u00a0 We now have five (5) committee members.\u00a0 I have filed two internal complaints, two OSHA complaints (one regarding the EMF levels), and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sol.alu.network\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Labor Union<\/a> has filed two National Labor Right Board complaints ron my behalf egarding harrassment for organzing an ALU shop here at the Melville, NY.<\/p>\n<p>2nd of September<\/p>\n<p>This page is in its&#8217; very early development. \u00a0I recommend visiting daily over the months to come as we address the importance of addressing the plight of those who served on the frontlines of COVID19 pandemic \u00a0and whose safety is till overlooked today. \u00a0And a company whose primary objective is singularly profit.<\/p>\n<p>For now I am going to just post some random links but they are not truly random. \u00a0If you are an associate at SNY5 I urge you to go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sol.alu.network\/sny5-union-representation-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Labor Union Representation Form<\/a>\u00a0 and sign-up and have much to add here so continue to come to this page as well.<\/p>\n<p>26th of August<\/p>\n<p>DC Rally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION &#8211; Please bear with US accordingly. 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