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September 29th, 2015 
Awake Goy In Tuesday’s warehouse strike in L.A., distribution company California Cartage operates the warehouse, a set of three 1940s-era buildings where workers move products such as clothes, furniture, refrigerators, and electronics for retail giants. Amazon is the warehouse’s largest customer and accounts for more than a third of its business, according to Kaoosji. The center also serves Kmart, Sears, and Lowes.
While retailers have contracts with California Cartage, the distributor in turn contracts with staffing agencies, which provide workers to load and unload containers and trucks. The warehouse in question employs between 150 and 400 workers at any given time, many of whom have worked in California Cartage’s warehouses for years.
A spokesperson for California Cartage declined to comment.
“The city of Los Angeles and Cal Cartage customers like Amazon … need to know that the conditions at this warehouse are dangerous, that workers are not treated with respect, and that we are standing up for our rights,” said Jose Rodriguez, who has worked at warehouses operated by the company for over 22 years. “This warehouse moves products for some of the largest companies in the world, but pays us barely more than minimum wage.”
Source Article from https://www.popularresistance.org/amazon-workers-strike-for-better-pay-working-conditions/
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