Karen Weise – Eye on Islamism

3 Muslim workers at Amazon file federal discrimination complaint

May 8, 2019 Karen Weise

(NY Times) Three Somali women working for Amazon near Minneapolis have accused the company of creating a hostile environment for Muslim workers and of retaliating against them for protesting their work conditions, according to a filing submitted this week to federal regulators. […]

Somali workers in Minnesota force Amazon to negotiate Labor organizers and researchers said they had not heard of Amazon previously coming to the table after worker pressure, even for private discussions.

November 20, 2018 Karen Weise

(NY Times) Soon after Hibaq Mohamed immigrated to Minneapolis from Kenya, where she had been living as a refugee, in 2016 she got a job at a new Amazon warehouse near the city. At first, she enjoyed packing boxes for delivery to […]

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