Channel: The Real News Network

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Description: After the independent and worker-led Amazon Labor Union made history by unionizing the JFK8 fulfillment center on Staten Island—the first Amazon facility in the US to successfully vote to unionize—workers at a second facility in the same Staten Island complex, the LDJ5 sorting center, are voting in their own union election this week. On Sunday, April 24, the ALU held a rally in support of LDJ5 workers, featuring speeches from Amazon worker-organizers, labor leaders from other unions, and high-profile supporters like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Kshama Sawant. In this on-the-ground report, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez and professional videographer Thomas Hedges speak with rally attendees about the significance of the LDJ5 union election and the broader grassroots movement to unionize the second-largest private employer in the US. Pre-Production/Studio: Thomas Hedges Post-Production: Thomas Hedges, Cameron Granadino Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and making a small donation: Donate: therealnews.com/donate-yt Sign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnews Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews