In Ceará, in Brazil’s Northeast, more than 500 Amazon customer service workers earn about R$ 1,389 (US$ 279) a month, less than the country’s minimum wage of R$ 1,621 (US$ 326). In São Paulo, people doing the same job earn twice as much, according to the workers. The case is local, but the method is global: Amazon organizes work on a world scale and pays according to where the worker lives.
- Take up this conflict as a cause of solidarity: public statements, letters and messages to Amazon in your countries.
- Translate and share this report in the languages and channels of each organization. We also have a short video in Portuguese, with the worker’s voice, which we can send to anyone who wants to subtitle it. The reverse could also be interesting.
- Bring the case to the international grassroots networks you take part in, such as Global May Day.
- Send us information on wages and working hours in Amazon customer service in your countries, so that we can document together how the company exploits the differences between regions and countries.
- Put us in touch with workers and grassroots unions in Amazon customer service and warehouses, to exchange organizing experience.
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Instagram video in portuguese: https://www.instagram.com/p/DesGXCTJ1Qt/
