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Racist White Woman Tried To Stop Black Amazon Worker From Doing His Job Credit: Mugshot A white woman started an altercation with a Black Amazon delivery driver because she thought he was driving too fast in her neighborhood in Berkeley, California. On April 18, 35-year-old Julie Walrand picked a fight with a Black Amazon driver, and, for what it was worth, she lost after getting arrested herself, according to People magazine. Charged with battery, false imprisonment, and hate crimes for using...

Police arrested Warland, but released her on April 19, with charges yet to be filed. She is the latest in an increasingly long list of people to be reported for hate crimes in the city. Heres everything we know about Warland and the vile incident.  In this screenshot, Warland and her boyfriend can be seen abusing McIntosh. (KRON4 via YouTube) Who is Julie Warland? The 35-year-old lives on Delaware Street in Berkeley. Not much is known about Warland, as we couldnt find a Facebook, Instagram, or...

Woman charged with hate crime after video shows her being racist toward Black Amazon driver An Amazon worker described as a “whistleblower” by WFSB exclusively told the outlet that he found a noose at a jobsite. Five additional ropes—that could be interpreted as nooses—were also reportedly found at the location. While the worker says that managers reached out to him regarding the incident and that police are now constantly patrolling the jobsite, the local NAACP is demanding both “a f...

by  Greg Bowens Detroiter Ed Black looks up at the billboard with a new sense of hope. High above the Golden Greek Bar, at the corner of Marx and 8 Mile, a billboard went up around 1 p.m. Monday afternoon. “Racial profiling zone? This is it! This is the zone,” says Black.Facing east, it blares a warning for westbound drivers: “DANGER Racial Profiling Zone. Cameras Out! Share Your Story 313.883.9121.” The billboard towers above the intersection at 8 Mil...

Along those lines, Galetti said Amazon hopes to retain employees at statistically similar rates across all demographics as part of its goals for this year. The decision comes as Amazon faces growing scrutiny over its hiring and promotion practices. Recode reported in February that Black Amazon employees are promoted less often and endure harsher evaluations than their non-Black colleagues, citing interviews and internal data. Additionally, in March, an Amazon Web Services senior manager sued Am...

Current and former Black Amazon employees claim racial discrimination One lawsuit alleges Amazon has “a pattern of hiring Black employees at lower levels than comparable white employees.” Author: Christin Ayers Updated: 10:16 PM PDT April 5, 2021 SEATTLE — Chanin Kelly-Rae said the lack of ethnic diversity in upper-level management at Amazon was one of the first things that struck her when she walked onto the company’s Seattle campus for the first time. ...

Black Amazon manager sues tech giant over alleged discrimination, sexual harassment and assault Charlotte Newman, who remains at the company and is based in Washington D.C., claims Amazon has a history of down-leveling Black employees. Author: Matthew Torres Updated: 4:54 PM EDT April 5, 2021 WASHINGTON — Charlotte Newman still holds back tears when she recounts a work dinner that “spiraled” in January 2018. The former economic policy advisor to Sen. Cory B...

Democratic members of Congress and national union leaders sought to rustle up support for unionizing a massive Amazon facility in Alabama.

The Bessemer front in the international class struggle By Christian Noakes posted on March 2, 2021 Bessemer, Ala., is now the site of a historic labor struggle between the majority-Black Amazon warehouse workers there and the $1.7 trillion international capitalist monopoly corporation. About 80% of the warehouse workers are African American, and almost half are women.  Rally for Amazon workers, Bessemer, Ala., Feb. 6. In March 2020, Amazon opened up the BHM1 fulfillment center in this predom...

Between Feb 8, and March 29, approximately 6,000 Amazon workers at a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama will begin voting by mail on whether to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale Department Store Workers Union. The harsh working conditions at Amazon warehouses, along with Amazon’s refusal to adopt measures that protect workers from COVID 19, have pushed Amazon and Whole Foods workers every- where to step up organizing and fighting back. These predominantly Black Amazon workers, who have in r...