When the Revolution Comes - Chris Smalls

'A modern-day Grapes of Wrath that exposes corporate America’s skulduggery' IRISH TIMES'Wonderful . . . This book provides inspiration and hope' JEREMY CORBYN'A story of incredible personal and political resilience' ZACK POLANKSI'Chris Smalls is Prometheus unbound' YANIS VAROUFAKIS'Jeff Bezos doesn't want you to read this, which is why you should' LUKE KEMPThe outrageous, jaw-dropping true story of the man who took on a corporate giant – and won. A dedicated and experienced Amazon employee, Chris Smalls had begun to feel frustrated by the inner workings of the retail giant – he kept being passed over for promotion, with little to no explanation. So when his colleagues and friends began falling ill in the Covid pandemic, and with no assurances of safety or even sick leave from the top, he made the only choice left available to him. He staged a walkout with friend Derrick Palmer, eventually finding himself on the picket line without a job. What began as a demand to keep essential employees safe in a crisis would grow into a movement devoted to achieving dignity and security for the wage worker, triggering a groundswell of organizers at Starbucks, Trader Joe’s, Apple – and across the world. We follow Smalls’s years of sacrifice and economic uncertainty as a father of three, from fighting warehouse managerial politics in an effort to make ends meet, to his ascension as the leader of a new generation’s labour movement. When th
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