LaborNotes reports 600 Amazon Workers employed at five warehouses around New York City have signed a petition demanding starting wages of $25 an hour, time-and-a-half pay for Prime Day (on July 16th and 17th), Seasonal Workers converted to permanent status within 30 days of employment, and Juneteenth as a paid holiday.  The June 19th holiday celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S. and became a Federal Holiday in 2021 - the first new Federal Holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was recognized in 1983.  Petitions were signed by Workers at five warehouses: Sort Center LDJ5 on Staten Island, where packages are routed to local facilities; the massive Fulfillment Centers JFK8 on Staten Island; SWF1 in the Hudson Valley, where customer orders are packed; and Delivery stations DBK4 and DNJ3 in Queens and the Bronx, where packages are put into delivery vehicles and dispatched to mailboxes or doorsteps.  At the smaller delivery stations with only a couple hundred Employees, nearly half the Workers signed.  And at four of the five warehouses, groups of Workers delivered the petition to Amazon management.

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Photo Above: Workers March On Management To Deliver The Petitions At Four New York Amazon Facilities. Credit: Amazonians United NYC