In our world, borders limit the movement of people, but not the expansion of business

into new markets.

Although Amazon is based in the United States, its workforce now extends around the world.

This has been used by the company to suppress wages and increase productivity through greater

competition.

But there are efforts to counter that strategy, with workers across Europe building connections

and the capacity to organize together.

It is still an uphill battle, as Amazon creates individual contracts for its locations,

doing its best to pit workers against one another from warehouse to warehouse.

But there are promising signs for the future of international organizing, both through

official channels and organic personal connections.

For this episode, we interviewed two workers from Poland, who organized with Amazon Workers

International.

Magda Malinowska?

Agnieszka?

Moros.

Unlike the more established, recognized, formal union federations that we

discussed in our last episode, AWI is a more grassroots shop floor formation.

We talked about the development of their union involvement, and their opinions about

the future of international organizing.

Magda has worked at the fulfillment center in Poznan for five years, first as a picker,

and then alongside Agnieszka as a packer.

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