“A Prime moment for labor organizing, how workers took on amazon and won”

The Center for Global Workers’ Rights and the Consortium for Social Movements and Education Research and Practice hosts an Amazon Staten Island labor union representatives Chris Smalls and Derrick Palmero on Nov. 2 at 5:30pm in Foster Auditorium.

Against crushing odds, workers at the Amazon distribution center in Staten Island, New York, voted to form the Amazon Labor Union on April 1, 2022. Two of the leaders of this grassroots effort, Chris Smalls and Derrick Palmer, will talk about how workers won this historic victory against one of the world's most powerful corporations and what comes next.

-Funded by the College of Education and the College of the Liberal Arts

Speakers

Chris Smalls, President and founder of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU)

Derrick Palmer, Vice President of Organizing and founder of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU)

Moderated by Cynthia A. Young, Associate Professor of African American Studies, English, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Pennsylvania State University