Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (D-NY) was accused of abandoning the organizers of the unionization drive on the Amazon warehouse on Staten Island.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez celebrated the historic unionization of Amazon employees at a Staten Island distribution middle this week — however labor organizers are shunning the progressive Democrat.
Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was accused by supporters of the Amazon Labor Union of “leaving them excessive and dry” by failing to indicate up for an August rally in help of the employees earlier than the union vote.
Christian Smalls, the person credited with main the unionization drive, was requested over the weekend if he had a message for Ocasio-Cortez within the wake of his success.
“Hell no,” he stated. “She don’t deserve this second.”
The socialist lawmaker promised organizers she would stand by them on the rally outdoors the JFK8 Amazon achievement middle within the Bloomfield part of Staten Island final summer time, however she dropped out on the final minute.
Protest leaders informed The Submit in January that they had been so crestfallen, they didn’t even trouble inviting her to a follow-up rally in December.
Amazon employees at a warehouse in Staten Island voted Friday to turn into the net big’s first unionized US employees.
The vote was 2,654 in favor and a couple of,131 in opposition to unionization, in line with Nationwide Labor Relations Board officers.
The congresswoman posted a Twitter message exhibiting three flexed biceps emojis in response to a tweet indicating that the union was profitable the vote tally over the weekend.
However podcaster Krystal Ball responded with a tweet, writing: “Right here’s the man who organized the union drive speaking about the way you left them excessive and dry. These are your constituents and also you couldn’t be bothered to indicate up till they’re on the cusp of victory.”
To which AOC replied: “The warehouse isn’t in my district and possibly you need to take a look at a map earlier than claiming so.”
She added: “One scheduling battle apart, we have now requested oversight investigations into Amazon, met with Amazon employees within the Woodside warehouses, and extra.”
“Hope you do extra due diligence subsequent time.”
In a subsequent tweet, Ocasio-Cortez stated safety was additionally a think about her not showing on the warehouse to help the employees.
“Safety was a difficulty as nicely,” she tweeted. “2021 included a variety of excessive degree threats on my life, which restricted what actions I used to be in a position to do, particularly these outdoors.”
“The mix of that + once we are in a position to get assets/time to safe them creates scheduling + logistical conflicts.”
Smalls responded to Ocasio-Cortez, tweeting: “Smh @AOC that’s horrible employees out of your district undoubtedly commute to Staten Island I do know them personally possibly you need to do your do [sic] diligence.”
In 2019, Ocasio-Cortez infamously defeated Amazon’s proposal to open up a 25,000-job world headquarters in Queens.
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