GARNER, N.C. (WTVD) — After over two and a half years of organizing, workers at the massive Amazon warehouse in Garner are moving forward with their campaign to unionize.
Since Labor Day, organizers have asked workers at the facility to sign union authorization cards, a preliminary step to call for an election. They need to get at least 3% of workers to sign the cards.
On Wednesday, organized behind the effort held a press conference, calling attention to what they say are poor working conditions and unfair wages.
“We come from different backgrounds we have different religious beliefs we come from different countries, but the one common denominator that brings all of us together is that we feel disrespected, we feel mistreated,” Ryan Brown, an Amazon worker, said, “we feel like we’re not getting a fair shake at Amazon, and that has brought us together to organize our coworkers for better rights, and to …