IE Amazon Workers strike because of unfair labor practices at the KSBD Amazon Air Hub in San Bernardino, CA. on October 14th, 2022.
“Amazon workers and our communities live and work at the frontlines of air pollution caused by companies like Amazon that refuse to clean up their act. Companies like this use their record breaking profits to make trips to Mars instead of giving back to workers and communities whose air they are polluting, environment they are exploiting and whose lands are being left unlivable. PCEJ stands in solidarity with the Amazon workers that walked out of their workplace, demanding a living wage and safe working conditions.” says Andrea Vidaurre
Policy Director for People’s Collective for Environmental Justice.
KSBD, one of the only three Amazon air hubs. Air hubs (aka air freight fulfillment centers) serve as critical points in the Amazon supply chain, distributing goods across Amazon’s entire warehouse system. It’s a 24-hour facility with about 14 flights of cargo a day. KSBD was built amid record breaking profits during the pandemic and the community was promised quality jobs that were never delivered.
When a historic heat wave took hold, IE Amazon Workers began to document their temperatures, including one of 121 degrees on the tarmac, 96 inside cargo planes. And indoor temps up to 89 degrees and even 90 degrees were recorded in a “cooling station”.
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