Get the FACTS from Coworkers NOT Management
Management at KCVG is now bringing us into closed-door “captive audience” meetings with high-paid Third Party union-busting consultants. Despite how they make it seem, these meetings are not mandatory. They assure us it’s our decision to unionize, while spreading lies about our union. We’re Amazon Labor Union KCVG and we say: Get the facts from us, your coworkers, NOT management.
MANAGEMENT SAYS: “Amazon Labor Union is a third party business.”
THE FACTS: The union is NOT a business, that’s Amazon. Our union is Amazon workers at KCVG fighting together for demands that we democratically decide on like a $30/hr starting wage. Amazon Labor Union was the first union ever to win at Amazon last year in New York, where workers are also demanding $30/hr.
It’s Amazon who pays Third Party union busting consultants to spread gossip and lies about our worker-led union. In 2022, Amazon spent $14 million on Third Party union busters instead of paying us $30/hr.
Our union raising money to fight for our coworkers is not the same as Amazon making $1.3 billion a day and paying their executives billions of dollars, all off our hard work.
MANAGEMENT SAYS: “The union makes promises it can’t keep.”
THE FACTS: It’s Amazon who makes promises they don’t keep, like making our safety and wellbeing their top priority. We’re demanding a $30/hr starting wage, 180 hours paid time off, and union representation at all disciplinary meetings to end favoritism and retaliation, and more. And demands are NOT promises.
Demands are clear goals that we democratically discussed and voted to fight for as a union. Amazon is opposed to our demands because they will cut into their billionaire executives’ profits. Winning a union won’t mean we automatically win our demands, but it gives us the ability to collectively fight for them. The only reason ALU hasn’t won a contract yet in New York is because Amazon is doing everything they can to stall and resist contract negotiations, including breaking the law. The more Amazon facilities that unionize, the more power we will have to win our demands and strong contract.
MANAGEMENT SAYS: “The union only cares about dues.”
THE FACTS: Dues make our union strong by giving us the resources we need to win our demands and defend us from retaliation. Before we start paying, we’ll vote on the amount, which will always be significantly less than the raise we’ll win in our first union contract. For example, a $5/hr raise would mean $800 more per month for a full-time worker. Your dues will be a small fraction of the raise in your paycheck.
The finances of our union are democratically discussed and transparent to members - unlike Amazon's. If we elect full-time officers, organizers, or staff, they’ll never be paid more than the average wage of a KCVG worker.
MANAGEMENT SAYS: “If you unionize, you could get more, the same, or less in wages and benefits.”
THE FACTS: It is illegal for Amazon to lower and take away, or threaten to lower and take away, wages and benefits we already have just because we’re unionizing. Amazon loves to talk about their open and direct lines of communication workers have with management, but that’s never gotten us higher wages, paid time off, better benefits or job security. To win real change, we need a union.
Without a union, we have no actual say in the terms of our employment. After we unionize, Amazon is legally required to negotiate over wages, benefits, and working conditions. Every contract will be subject to a full democratic vote by the entire union membership. Why would we vote for a contract with worse benefits than we currently have? We wouldn’t. If we unionize and fight for it, we will only get more.
What should you do if you are invited to a “captive audience” meeting?
Text the union hotline immediately: 859-212-6896
Do your own research on the union’s material
Plan what to say to the union-busting consultants with your coworkers
Speak up in the “captive audience” meeting. Expose anti-union lies.
Sign up for a union orientation. Scan the QR code