“While there are many established ways of ensuring we hear the opinions of our employees inside our business, we also respect their right to make their opinions known externally,” said Flaningan. “While we’re always listening and looking at ways to improve, we remain proud of the competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and engaging, safe work experience we provide our teams in the region.” Paul Flaningan, Amazon spokesperson, said: “We are proud to provide full-time employees at our San Bernardino Air Hub and throughout the region a minimum starting wage of $17 an hour.”įull-time employees can earn up to $19.25 an hour and receive benefits including health care and paid parental leave, Flaningan said. While a small proportion of the 1,500 workers at the facility walked out, these walkouts can cause significant disruption. Amazon’s air freight division uses Prime-branded planes to fly packages around the country. It is one of only three Amazon “air-hubs” in the USA, according to the Warehouse Workers Resource Centre. The facility, known as KSBD, opened in 2021 amid opposition over air pollution and concerns about job quality.
They don’t make it easy to take breaks to allow your body to cool down.” Amazon workers protesting in California. You need to take breaks and you can overheat really easily. Melissa Ojeda, who has worked at the facility for more than a year, said: “Working in the heat feels like you are suffocating. The temperature hit 35C in San Bernardino on 24 days in July. Workers are also demanding additional protections from the heat. The walk-out came after about 900 workers signed a petition demanding that the base rate of pay be increased from $17 an hour to $22, saying: “Over 75% of our income is going into rent alone We can barely afford to live in today’s economy.” Over 800 of us signed a petition for higher pay, safer working conditions, and an end to retaliation for speaking up.Īmazon refused, so today we walked out. We work at KSBD, air hub in San Bernardino, where temperatures soar above 95°. Inland Empire Amazon Workers United said 160 workers walked out in a dispute over pay and sweltering working conditions. Workers walked off the job at a warehouse in San Bernardino in southern California in the heart of the company’s US supply chain on Monday. Amazon has been hit by walk-outs and strike action across the globe in protest at poor pay and conditions, as inflation hits economies everywhere.Īfter wildcat strikes in the UK following a pay offer that amounted to a real-terms pay cut, workers in the US, Turkey and Germany have staged strike action and protests over the last fortnight.
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