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How Two Best Friends Beat Amazon

Jodi Kantor Karen Weise

April 02, 2022 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Workers at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island voted to unionize after two years of organizing by the independent Amazon Labor Union. The union was started by a worker who was fired from the warehouse after protesting unsafe conditions during the COVID-19, and a current employee. The union raised funds through GoFundMe to carry out innovative organizing tactics, like making TikTok videos and bringing free food from diverse cultural backgrounds to feed workers coming and going from their around the clock shifts.

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Refugees Encounter a Foreign Word: Welcome

Jodi Kantor Catrin Einhorn

June 30, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Toronto

Fueled by xenophobia, many countries around the world are refusing refugees at the border. But Canadian hockey moms, poker buddies, and neighbors are personally resettling Syrians, one family at a time.

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