"Somali immigrant-led Workers’ Center to strike on Amazon Prime Day", 14 July 2019

Workers at the Amazon fulfillment center in Shakopee, Minn., plan a wildcat “Prime Day” strike Monday, July 15, as an act of worker power against one of the richest corporations worldwide. An anticipated 100 workers, organized with the help of the Awood Center, will hold a six-hour work stoppage for parts of the day and night shifts on the first day of the company’s summer sales event...

...These workers are taking action against the increased daily indignities and dangers which workers face all over the U.S. and worldwide... 

...The five Amazon facilities in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have been recent hotbeds of labor actions and demands...

...Unlike their counterparts at Amazon warehouses in continental Europe, the workers in Shakopee, Minn., are not unionized. Yet they managed to bring Amazon into negotiations and won some initial limited concessions. The workers continue to demand safe conditions, livable wages, decent benefits and the respect they deserve...

...The workforce at the fulfillment center is predominantly made up of East African immigrants, but workers of many nationalities support the walkout. Previous worker solidarity actions have featured signs and chants in Somali, Amharic and Oromo languages, as well as English...