Read the story here: “Since that walkout, KSBD workers have kept fighting — and winning some improvements, inch by inch.

In October 2022, they staged a second walkout, this time picketing at two entrances with community activists and blocking trucks for hours. They also started a print newsletter, “Behind The Smile,” to keep folks informed.

In January, when Amazon suspended Sara Fee, a vocal organizing committee member, KSBD workers lobbied successfully for her return. In July, workers demanded more heat protections and filed complaints with California’s Occupational Safety and Health department. In October they delivered another petition, this one asking for a base pay of $25 an hour, medical professionals to be active and present onsite, and for additional seated cooling areas. More than 400 people signed it. This time, they got an incremental increase in wages: The base wage went up by $1.75 — 50 cents more, per hour, than at most facilities — to $19.75.” — 12.23.23

Read the story here: Workers at Amazon’s San Bernardino air hub say the online retail giant owes them money for not giving them legally required rest breaks for working at least 10 hours in one day.

Calling it a workplace safety issue, Inland Empire Amazon Workers United also is demanding workers get those breaks in the future. The self-described worker organizing committee on Friday, April 26, said it confronted air hub management and gave Amazon a two-week deadline to provide more information on what’s owed to employees. — 4.29.24

Read the story here: “Employees at Amazon’s KSBD air hub in San Bernardino say the company is violating state law by not providing adequate breaks. Now, a group of workers is demanding that the company compensates them.

Under California law, those who work more than ten hours are required to get a third break.

The Inland Empire Amazon Workers United— a group trying to unionize KSBD — say supervisors are failing to provide those breaks.” — 4.29.24

Read the story here: “Despite recent breakthroughs in Amazon organizing nationally, it’s still a tough slog for workers to get the company to change. But workers at an Inland Empire, California, Amazon facility recently showed that it’s possible.” — 02.07.2023

Read the story here: “For me the highlight of working at Amazon is being part of Inland Empire Amazon Workers United—spending time with my co-workers and making our workplace better and safer. When it’s you vs. Amazon, you know who has the power. But when we work together, there’s nothing better to protect you.” — 02.06.2023

Read more here: “More than 100 workers walked off the job at a San Bernardino Amazon facility Friday – the company’s largest air freight location on the West Coast.” — 10.14.22

Read the story here: “Scores of Amazon employees walked out of the Amazon Air Regional Air Hub in San Bernardino Friday, Oct. 14, to protest what they have called unfair labor practices and retaliation in response to their demands for better, safer jobs and a $5 hourly pay raise.” — 10.14.22

Read the story here: “As California prepared for what would be a record-setting heat wave this month, so too did workers at an Amazon air freight hub in San Bernardino. They distributed among a dozen colleagues handheld thermometers to covertly document workplace temperatures, then compiled the results in a first-of-its kind report about conditions at Amazon during extreme temperatures.” — 09.21.22

Read the story here: “Warehouse employees who say they’ve endured extreme summer heat working at an Amazon air freight facility in San Bernardino have won some safety concessions from the mega-retailer… But rather than wait around, they decided to take matters into their own hands.” — 09.16.22

Read the story here: “The walkout in Southern California marks the first coordinated labor action in Amazon’s growing airfreight division, which uses Prime-branded planes to fly packages and goods around the country much like UPS or FedEx. The employees, who are independently organized, said they didn’t plan to return to work on Monday, in an effort to pressure Amazon to raise wages and improve safety.” — 08.16.22

Watch the video here: “When Amazon workers in California met with their manager to demand a raise, they couldn't believe his response. He suggested they start carpooling & use more Amazon company perks. So 150+ courageous workers led one of the largest mass walkouts in Amazon history.” — 08.26.222