Workers at an Amazon warehouse in suburban Minneapolis say they’ll hit the online retail and entertainment giant with a brief strike next Monday. They’re targeting “Prime Day” – one of Amazon’s biggest days of the year – in a continuing push to improve pay and working conditions for the Shakopee facility’s heavily East African workforce. The Seattle-based company, which says Amazon Prime has over 100 million paid members, called the organizers’ allegations baseless.
Amazon Workers in Shakopee Plan Prime Day Strike
About the Author: Ashley Hanley
Ashley (Goettl) Hanley is a North Mankato native and Mankato West graduate who made the switch from TV journalism to radio.
After five years at KEYC News 12, Ashley is thrilled to be working for KTOE News. Ashley and her husband John, and son John, enjoy spending time in the community. You can also find Ashley coaching and playing softball and supporting her brother on the MSU football team and her sister with Scarlet athletics.
Even though she went to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Ashley kept her Minnesota roots and is a big Twins and Vikings fan!