The move to strike came just three days after another Inland Empire Amazon warehouse, in Moreno Valley, became the first Amazon warehouse in California to file for a union election.
The San Bernardino facility, also known by the code KSBD because of its location in an airport, is not a standard warehouse or “fulfillment center.” It’s one of the country’s largest Amazon Air hubs — facilities across the country where over a dozen of Amazon’s own planes filled with products take off every day.
The facility opened in the spring of 2021 despite community protests and two lawsuits attempting to halt the project due to inadequate analysis of the irreparable damage it could cause to the environment. One of these lawsuits was filed by Attorney General Xavier Becerra on behalf of the state of California and stated the project would “hurt low income, disadvantaged communities.” The Inland Empire, made up of the areas surrounding San Bernardino and Riverside, regularly ranks as having the worst ozone pollution in the country. Physicians call the area a “diesel death zone” due to pollution from thousands of warehouses. Several cities there have attempted to slow pollution by issuing moratoria on building any more warehouses.
Within a year of KSBD’s opening, workers had organized to win some concessions from the behemoth corporation.
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