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NYPD Arrests Workers During Historic Amazon Strike (inthesetimes.com)
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From the article: In December 19 thousands of Amazon workers organizing with the Teamsters launched a cascade of unfair practice strikes from coast to coast at the logistics giant.

At the picket line in Queens, New York, police arrested and released Anthony Rosario, a Teamsters organizer, and Jogernsyn Cardenas, one of the striking workers, and then threatened mass arrests before breaking the line in two to allow vans through.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

But to them, they are rewarded. They get to beat and even kill minorities and poor people without consequences.