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Somali workers in Minnesota force Amazon to negotiate

The Amazon Distribution Center in Eagan, Minn., Nov. 17, 2018. Tied together by a close cultural connection and empowered by a tight labour market, Somali workers appear to be the first known group in the United States to get Amazon management to negotiate. PHOTO | NEW YORK TIMES

By  THE NEW YORK 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 consumers.

But over time, she said, Amazon required her and her co-workers to pack at a faster rate, at least 230 items an hour, up from 160.

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