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Tech Won't Save Us

How to Unionize Amazon w/ Justine Medina & Karen Ponce

Tech Won't Save Us

Paris Marx

Silicon Valley, Books, Technology, Arts, Future, Tech Criticism, Socialism, Paris Marx, News, Criticism, Tech News, Politics

4.8626 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Paris Marx is joined by Justine Medina and Karen Ponce to discuss how the Amazon Labor Union succeeded in unionizing Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, what it’s like working for Amazon, and where the movement to unionize Amazon goes next. Justine Medina is a packer at the JFK8 warehouse and is on the organizing committee of the Amazon Labor Union. Karen Ponce is a stower at JFK8 and the interim secretary of Amazon Labor Union. Follow Justine on Twitter at @jnmedina8989 and Karen at @...

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0:00.0

I feel like we proved to everyone, politicians, Jeff Bezos, that, you know, all these workers with little resources, no support, they did it.

0:26.6

Hello. Hello and welcome to Tech Won't Save Us. I'm your host, Paris Marks.

0:27.6

And before we get to this week's guest, just a few things to get to first.

0:31.6

First of all, I can see that everyone really liked last week's episode with Molly White.

0:35.6

I can see it in the download numbers and also

0:38.1

the responses from listeners. But you know who else liked it? Ed and Jathan from This Machine

0:44.3

Kills and the hosts of Trash Future, who I assume after hearing our great episode with Molly White,

0:50.3

said, wow, we need to get her on our podcast as well because they both had her on this week.

0:56.2

So you are very welcome. And the hosts of Trash Future, Riley Queen in particular, tried to goad us

1:02.3

into running and add for their new shit coin, Nugcoin. But we most certainly will not be doing that.

1:07.8

Because Tech Won't Save Us is the best tech critical podcast on the go right now.

1:13.1

And with that said, a big thank you to the new supporters of the show who have joined since last

1:17.7

week to help us reach our goal of getting 100 new supporters at $5 a month or above or existing

1:23.7

supporters who upgrade their pledges so I can bring on a producer to lift some of the weight

1:28.6

off of my shoulders so I can focus more

1:30.8

on the research and the interviews for this podcast.

1:34.1

As of Wednesday evening, we're already at 72 supporters

1:37.0

toward that 100 supporter goal.

1:39.3

So fantastic, and I thank you so much

1:41.6

for showing your support of the show

1:43.7

and the work that I do for it

1:45.0

so the show can take this next step forward and get even better so I can do the work that is necessary to bring you these fantastic interviews.

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