Learn more: three worker leaders share their stories in The Washington Post
KSBD is one of three Amazon “air hubs” in the US, and the Inland Empire is a key battleground in the fight to rein in the corporation’s abusive treatment of workers, communities, and our planet. Amazon has over 36 warehouses and other facilities in the area, and it’s the largest private employer in the region. While the corporation’s profits have soared, it pays low wages to the predominantly Brown and Black people who keep it running — and pumps pollution into the surrounding neighborhoods from its trucks, trains, and planes.
Workers and community members have been united in fighting back. Before the air hub opened, people packed public hearings to raise concerns about poverty wages and poor air quality. This sparked more organizing, and over seven cities in the area have since proposed or passed bans on new warehouses.
IE Amazon Workers United are at the forefront of a new worker and community-led movement, and their vision for quality, safe jobs has the power to transform the region.
Here are two ways to support these workers:
- Add your name to the community pledge.
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If you can, donate to Warehouse Worker Resource Center. Your donation will provide relief and support for warehouse workers in the Inland Empire and their families who are taking collective action to improve working conditions; have had their hours cut; been terminated; or otherwise retaliated against when speaking out to change illegal and unsafe working conditions.
