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In September 2023, Amazon employees 
in Germany and Poland

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along with their supporters
organized the "Amazon Caravan."

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They distributed their newspaper 
"The Amazon Worker"

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at a total of nine Amazon 
locations in six cities.

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Amazon came 
to Poland in 2014,

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and from the very 
beginning it was clear

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that they entered the Polish market
to blackmail the workers in Germany,

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because even now we earn,

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in Poland, 
€5 per hour.

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And this was an attempt to send 
a message to German workers

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that they should not strike,
they should not organize,

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because they can be told, 
if you don't like it here

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we move to Poland.

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Russia.

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Russian, Russian

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Amazon Caravan

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We are on the second day of 
the "Amazon Workers Caravan".

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We started yesterday distributing 
leaflets on the night shift

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in a warehouse 
in Leipzig.

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We are just at the 
beginning of our tour.

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During the next days 
we are going to visit

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warehouses in 
Germany and Poland.

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Amazon Workers International,
which is a network coalition

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of warehouse workers, Amazon 
workers from different countries,

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has prepared 
a newspaper.

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We are distributing the newspaper
and we prepared it in

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seven languages: Polish, 
German, English, Russian...

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Because the workforce 
of Amazon is very diverse.

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But  we also prepared the newspaper
with the different intention

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as well, that we want 
to show that workers

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should be united, not 
divided across borders.

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So this is also the intention
of the whole caravan,

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to actually see that workers
from Germany and Poland

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are not competing 
against each other.

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We have the big boss
which is behind my back.

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We see one of the 
Amazon warehouses.

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They make so much 
money on our work

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that we should all 
be better paid.

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We should also work shorter.

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We should not be under such a pressure
from productivity targets.

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So in the newspaper

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we talk about our experience of 
organizing in different countries.

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Actually, this is the first step
to fight the alienation

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we are all facing as pickers, 
packers in our warehouses

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that Amazon doesn't
want us to talk to each other.

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They control us using scanners,
using different forms

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of surveillance.

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And the first step is just start
talking to each other.

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And this is the first 
attempt of this caravan,

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the main attempt of this 
caravan, that we are here,

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workers are 
ending their shift,

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they are getting here 
to take a train.

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So we use this time also not not only
to distribute the newspaper,

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but also to ask about what are their
problems in the local sites.

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You can laugh at us,

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or ignore us,

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curse us or mock us

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and hope that we lose.

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You are welcome to complain

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you can also call us names

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and everything we do, wrinkle the nose.

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You can continue grafting

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and live on poverty pension.

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You can lose your 
last shirt to our bosses.

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You can hope that the bosses 
will fix it for you

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but we will tell you 
quite frankly

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you certainly can't.

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You're not going to lead us astray,
you won't ruin our day,

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from our solidarity
you won't take us off the path.

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You can't stop us
 from fighting for our rights...

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Amazon employs
a lot of different people.

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On the one hand in the warehouses,
in the fulfillment centers,

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in the delivery stations,
but also other people,

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like the people who drive the trucks
between the locations.

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And they are often 
not in the focus

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of normal trade unions,
or the usual trade union work.

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But we want 
to reach them,

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even if officially they have 
a different employer than Amazon

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- mostly Eastern European 
subcontractors -

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they are still part of the
total workforce of Amazon.

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This is one of the very few
“Air Hubs” in Europe.

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We see two Amazon aircrafts.

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This is also symptomatic
to the development of Amazon,

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because it's really expanding
in the last year into the first mile,

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middle mile and last mile 
in the global logistic chain.

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And this is another symptomatic feature
of Amazon development.

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So you see more and more 
trucks with Amazon logo.

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We see an airplane 
with Amazon logo.

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There is more and more infrastructure
but they don't want to have their own workers.

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Most of the truckers here, they work
for subcontractors or for temp work.

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A lot of workers here 
in the warehouse

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also work for temp 
work agencies.

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We are against this.

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We as Amazon Workers
International demand stability.

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We we think that 
temporary contracts

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are not justified 
in such a company

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which is growing, which is 
expanding and can really afford

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offering direct 
employment.

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There is no need for 
cuts in employment.

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This is just a way 
of disciplining workers.

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So the workers 
don't feel

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empowered to 
join the union,

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sign the local petition,
do anything, just complain.

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Talk one on one with managers
about their problems.

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I was told today

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by the Polish worker
who has been here for one year

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that he doesn't 
want to be active

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because he is sure, 
if he says something wrong

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he will not have 
his contract prolonged.

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<Music playing>

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And we don’t know if there is any
zebra crossing?

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Like in Leipzig that
we can deliver from the street

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We don’t know that?

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Yes, we don’t know.

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Because if the warehouse
looks like the one in Poznan

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where you only can drive
to the Amazon property already,

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then, I propose, we still go,
but we don't go much earlier.

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We only - I don't know.

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We don't stand there, because 
the security will come and again

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they will chase us.

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But if we are there

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when workers are leaving
in a bigger group,

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at least we can 
talk to them, no?

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Yeah.

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Let's go.

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You can look for our weaknesses
under every stone.

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And behave, be happy,
with only crumbs of the cake.

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You can go to work 
sweetly and silently,

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as the masters 
instruct you.

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And when we stand outside again,
tear your mouths apart.

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You can put obstacles 
in our way...

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It's almost 4:20 pm, 
the day shift is about to end.

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It is the third warehouse today,
previously we were in Leipzig,

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now we are in Magdeburg.

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We've been handing out our newspapers
from Amazon Workers International (AWI)

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since early this morning, so we'll see
how the workers here will receive us.

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Amazon Workers International is,
as the name suggests,

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a transnational alliance

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consisting of many 
European nations

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in which Amazon 
is active.

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We have the goal

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to coordinate our 
activities internationally

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in such a way that we can 
achieve the corresponding effects.

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Amazon is very 
communicative internally,

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there are very clear guidelines 
from the headquarters.

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If we want to hold 
something against this

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we have to be just as active
and communicative with each other

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and we have to coordinate
our joint activities.

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You can't stop us
from striking for our right.

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You can't turn 
the clock back,

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you do not change 
the times.

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No matter 
what you do,

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you are not 
pulling us down.

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We are withstanding
this boxing match, all 15 rounds.

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Maybe you can 
slow us down.

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But you won't stop us.

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And when you think we can't
take it any more, we'll go one better.

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We are far 
from finished.

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Still have so many ideas,
may the road be long and hard,

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we will go further
and if the night is still dark.

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At some point 
the day will come

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and the next 
destination on our way

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is the collective 
wage agreement.

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Amazon Caravan