Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published in an e-newsletter by The Labor Force on March 10, 2025.
In the face of increasing immigration raids across the country, unionized Amazon workers are coming together to protect each other.
Amazon Labor Union just passed an Immigrant Solidarity Resolution outlining their demands on Amazon and the union’s plan to protect immigrant members. Right now, Amazon Labor Union is training worker leaders to provide know-your-rights trainings throughout the warehouse and developing a rapid response network to provide immediate help to workers targeted because of their immigration status.
Workplaces are under attack from Donald Trump’s immigration raids―and every worker needs to stand together.
Here’s an excerpt from the union’s resolution:
“As the Amazon Labor Union (ALU-IBT Local 1), we stand in unwavering solidarity with our immigrant coworkers against the escalating political attacks on immigrant communities. Amazon’s workforce is powered by countless immigrant workers—both documented and undocumented—who keep this company running every day. As politicians and corporations fuel fear and division, we reaffirm our commitment to defending all workers, regardless of immigration status.
We refuse to be divided. Where Amazon sees us as disposable, we see each other as human beings, as coworkers, as brothers and sisters in the fight for justice. Our solidarity is transformational—it dismantles the barriers they build and forges an unshakable force capable of challenging even the most powerful corporations. No matter our origins or the languages we speak, we share the same fight for fair wages, safe working conditions, and dignity on the job. By standing together across all lines of difference, we are building a movement stronger than their fear tactics, stronger than their threats. That unity will break their divide-and-conquer strategy and make real change possible.”
Amazon workers are also making demands on Amazon, calling on the corporation to protect the workers that make the company billions in profit each year. Amazon Labor Union is demanding Amazon publicly commit to non-cooperation with immigration authorities, refuse to allow immigration raids or audits and any of its facilities, and refrain from terminating, suspending, or retaliating against workers due to their immigration status.
But Amazon Labor Union isn’t waiting for Amazon to start shielding workers from immigration raids. Instead, they are taking the lead on protecting each other. Right now, the union needs resources to develop and train leaders, hold know-your-rights trainings, create know-your-rights materials in several languages, and build a rapid response network so that targeted workers get the legal support they need, and fast.
Donald Trump and his cronies want us to feel powerless and alone―especially workers who are targeted by his raids. The way workers win is by standing shoulder-to-shoulder to protect each other.
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