SMLR Experts In the News

CBS News reports some Amazon workers are forced to urinate in bottles because they don’t have enough time for bathroom breaks, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

The BBC (UK) conducts a live interview with Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization, who says, “Amazon is the king of e-commerce, but it’s acting like anything but a benevolent dictator."

Bloomberg Law investigates alleged corruption within the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), quoting Susan Schurman.

Charlie Hebdo (France) writes about the significance of the union vote at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse, quoting Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization.

Forbes interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan, who says Amazon workers are unhappy about extreme surveillance, grueling working conditions, and “the inhumanity of feeling like they are managed by apps.”

Elemental writes about how the pandemic exposed critical blind spots in science and society, quoting Christopher Hayes on the “brutal way of life” facing low-wage workers.

Film Daily reports on the union election in Bessemer, Alabama, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan on the likelihood of future organizing drives.

BuzzFeed.News reports on “the biggest union vote in Amazon’s history,” quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Marketplace interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan about what to expect as the NLRB opens the ballots at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama.

The Guardian (UK) interviews Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization about Amazon’s “intense, full-time union-busting” in Bessemer, Alabama. | Portside republishes the story.