Warehouse Worker Resource Center Warehouseworkers.org Lead Organizer Based in Ontario, CA The Warehouse Worker Resource Center is seeking an experienced Lead Organizer to grow the leadership of warehouse workers by developing and carrying out strategic campaigns for a growing and dynamic nonprofit organization. About the Warehouse Worker Resource Center The WWRC is a non-profit organization […]
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Last week, the Warehouse Worker Resource Center participated in an action coordinated between different organizations both in the region and internationally which aimed at targeting Amazon’s relationships with law enforcement agencies, particularly, their contracts with ICE. The action took place on the first of Amazon’s two prime days this year. These days are known for […]
This past week, one of our staff members, Javier Rodriguez, testified in front of Congress on the need for a national bill regulating heat in the workplace. The need to protect workers facing high heat environments has not been taken on as a national issue yet despite the number of injuries and deaths that occur […]
What now stands as the San Bernardino International Airport was once the Norton Air Force Base. As a sprawling military facility employing scores of people from the surrounding communities, it represented the region’s pathway to economic sanctity through industrialization. It has been more than 25 years since the Norton Air Force Base of San Bernardino […]
After six years fighting hard to organize and support courageous workers in the supply chains of Walmart, Amazon and other major retailers, Warehouse Worker Resource Center Co-Director Celene Perez will be moving on from the organization at the end of January. She is taking a position at the Central Labor Council of Riverside and San […]
Warehouses and logistics are a key part of our regional economy and a huge employer in the Inland Region. While hundreds of warehouses have been built across our community, communities and workers have not received the benefits of this development. Temporary jobs paying minimum wage, unhealthy air, and employer abuse of immigrant workers are among […]
October 2, 2018 — Heather Appel, Partnership for Working Families. The workers who build empires like Amazon deserve a fair return on their work. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the history of the world and warehouse workers have helped him amass his $164 billion fortune. Setting the wage floor at $15 is a […]
California Cartage/NFI, the largest warehousing and drayage company at the Ports of LA and Long Beach, will pay $3.5 million to over 1500 workers for wage theft at their customs inspection facility in Carson, CA. “No contractor receiving federal funds to provide services to the government should gain an economic advantage by paying workers […]
On June 30, the WWRC was proud to join our partners in the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice and hundreds of beautiful people for a rally to support immigrant families at the Victorville Federal Prison, where immigrant detainees are being housed under inhumane conditions. We stand against incarceration of all of our […]
In 2014 the workers at California Cartage NFI in Los Angeles launched their campaign for justice in the Amazon supply chain with a class action lawsuit filed against the company for not paying the living wage on City property. Last week, the workers entered into a tentative settlement with the warehouse and staffing agency employers for $1.875 […]
