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Amazon has union leaders arrested, removes pro-union messages, disciplines and threatens organizers with termination for leafleting (archive.ph)

submitted 1 year ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 56 points 1 year ago (1 children)

police threatened protesters with arrest, handcuffed them, transported them to the police station, confiscated their phones and cameras and criminally charged them — all common elements of being arrested.

Lmao it sounds so obvious but they claim the union organizers weren't actually arrested

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

On what grounds where they arrested?

Edit: None whatsoever.

... after warning them they would be “subject to arrest,” for remaining on “Amazon property,” amid a crowd of protesters.

The Teamsters say the incident took place on public land outside the warehouse, where police have informed workers they can safely protest.

aKshuALly:

An NYPD spokesperson said the agency did not have an arrest record on file for the incident. They said a criminal court summons did not qualify as an arrest.

So there was no arrest at all. They just took them in for their own good ya know :)

Also a cool line from this washington post article:

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.