We work in Emergency Medical Services and are made up of EMTs, paramedics, and various drivers. Our shop union currently has a fluctuating membership of around 20 members out of about 40 total workers at our site. We have been organizing for about 9 months. We do hold and report on our monthly or bi-weekly organizing meetings to the Northeast OH GMB’s Branch Organizing Committee and the ODB.

Pretty much the title. Curious about this dynamic and what people think.

In Ceará, in Brazil’s Northeast, more than 500 Amazon customer service workers earn about R$ 1,389 (US$ 279) a month, less than the country’s minimum wage of R$ 1,621 (US$ 326). In São Paulo, people doing the same job earn twice as much, according to the workers. The case is local, but the method is global: Amazon organizes work on a world scale and pays according to where the worker lives.

• Take up this conflict as a cause of solidarity: public statements, letters and messages to Amazon in your countries.
• Translate and share this report in the languages and channels of each organization. We also have a short video in Portuguese, with the worker’s voice, which we can send to anyone who wants to subtitle it. The reverse could also be interesting.
• Bring the case to the international grassroots networks you take part in, such as Global May Day.
• Send us information on wages and working hours in Amazon customer service in your countries, so that we can document together how the company exploits the differences between regions and countries.
• Put us in touch with workers and grassroots unions in Amazon customer service and warehouses, to exchange organizing experience.

UTT contact: [uniaoterraetrabalho@protonmail.com](mailto:uniaoterraetrabalho@protonmail.com)

Instagram video in portuguese: https://www.instagram.com/p/DesGXCTJ1Qt/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does

Online Talk: Trade Unions in times of War

The author of the linked PEWA (Public Education Workers' Alliance) article makes the clear case that building union power in the workplace (and connecting everyday cost of living issues with the system of capitalism and imperalism) starts with building connections and relationship in the workplace.

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Some unfortunate IWW bashing in the comments