Amazon Workers In Chicago Facility Stage Walkout To Demand Better

By Richie Requena
Amazon tractor-trailers line up outside an Amazon Fulfillment Center on Staten Island in New York City in April 2020. The pandemic has been good for the company’s bottom line.
Amazon tractor-trailers line up outside an Amazon Fulfillment Center on Staten Island in New York City in April 2020. The pandemic has been good for the company's bottom line.
Amazon tractor-trailers line up outside an Amazon Fulfillment Center on Staten Island in New York City in April 2020. The pandemic has been good for the company’s bottom line.
Amazon tractor-trailers line up outside an Amazon Fulfillment Center on Staten Island in New York City in April 2020. The pandemic has been good for the company's bottom line.

Amazon Workers In Chicago Facility Stage Walkout To Demand Better

By Richie Requena
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Employees at an Amazon facility on the Southwest Side staged a walkout Wednesday morning to demand better working conditions. They were accompanied by Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez who said workers are being “exploited”

Reset learns more about the protest and speaks to a Washington Post reporter to talk about the unionization of Amazon employees as the tech giant tries to squash those efforts down.

GUESTS: Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez, 25th Ward

Jay Greene, technology reporter at the Washington Post