The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Netflix Is In Trouble | Chris Smalls

Episode Date: April 21, 2022

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis amps up his beef with Disney, Ronny Chieng questions New Yorkers about Earth Day, and Amazon Labor Union president Chris Smalls sits down with Trevor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Thank you so much for being here. First things first, happy 420 everybody, yes? Yes. If anybody is celebrating in the audience right now, I just want to say everyone knows and we're judging you. Hope that doesn't make you paranoid. We have an amazing show tonight. Our guest is the former Amazon employee

who started the first ever Amazon Union. Chris Smalls is going to be joining us. Yeah? And later on, Ronnie Chang is going to hit the streets to see how New Yorkers are celebrating Earth Day, and then he roast them for it. But first, let's jump straight into tod today today today today today today today today today today today today today today today today today today today today today today today today today today today today today tod tod tod tod tod today then he roast them for it. But first, let's jump straight into today's headlines. All right, let's kick things off with the big news about Netflix.

Today, the streaming giants saw their shares drop lower than your grandma when they play September at a wedding. throwns. their streaming gianns saw their shares drop lower than your grandma when they play September at a wedding. And when you're a company worth $150 billion with 200 million subscribers, your crash makes everyone panic. Shares of streaming giant Netflix cratering after the company reported losing subscribers for the first time in more than a decade. That stock is losing about a quarter of its value in pre-market trading. It was already down more than 40% year to date. Netflix saying more than 200,000 subscribers left the service in the first three months of the year. Now observers are asking if viewers will have to binge

watch their favorite Netflix show with ads in between. It's something CEO Reed Hastings hasn't ruled out. Allowing consumers who would like to have a lower price and are advertising tolerant get what they want makes a lot of sense. Damn, Netflix is in trouble. Which is so surprising because me and the 43 people I share my account with, we still watching it all the time. We watch all the time. I thought they were doing well.

And you know how you know Netflix is in trouble? It's because they're even considering ads. Yeah. They're going to have like a separate ad section of Netflix if you don't want to pay the full thing. And you realize for years, Netflix has hated ads. Yeah, the idea of, they've treated ads the same way French people treat everything. Yeah, it's like, oh, what are you breathing? Oxygen? What the loser?

Where do you live on earth? You're not living? Ha ha ha! no, now, there are many reasons why Netflix subscriptions are down, right? Password sharing, inflation, Reggie Jean Page, leaving Bridgeton. Yeah? No, I'm sorry. You want us to play 15 bucks a month without that ass? I don't think so. I don't think so.

1299 at best. And now, Netflix, Netflix, their trips are being forced to consider multiple options. the only problem is knowing Netflix. They're just just thine thine thine thine thine they they they're just they're just thine thine they're just thine thiiiiiq thiq thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I'm thi. I'm thoom thoom thoom thoom th. I'm tho. I'm tho. I'm tho. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I th. I th. I th. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm to to to to th. I'm to to to to th. to th. th. to th. th. th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I forced to consider multiple options. The only problem is knowing Netflix, they're just going to scroll through those options for like 45 minutes before they give up and just put on Seinfelds. You know, if you ask me, there's no reason to panic. People like to panic, stock market this, stuff. But remember, this was always bound to happen. Remember, the Netflix reason Netflix became Netflix in the first place is because it was the only thing out there.

But now there are tons of streaming services. People want to know, is this the one that's worth my money? You know? Does it have the widest variety of options? Like, what if someone's looking for the Champions League and Pacard and 1883, plus, and poor patrol for the kids? I mean, only Paramount Plus has that full range. the the th thine thine thine thine thine thine th th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. their th. th. Port Patrol for the kids. I mean only Paramount Plus has that full range and quality and most importantly they keep me employed so that seems like a pretty good deal to me. Yeah. Look Matt the point is the king of

streaming is struggling right now and I really hope that they make it through. I honestly do. I like Netflix because without Netflix there's no Netflix and chill. And that would be a disaster. We need the pretense thense thense thense thense th. th. th. the pretense th. th. th. th. the pretense th. th. thattee the pretense thattee thatt. thatt. th. that, th. th. th. th. th. th. that, the the that, thi thi thi, the th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their no Netflix and chill. And that would be a disaster. We need the pretense of watching Netflix for six minutes before we start the sex. Yeah, otherwise where are you going to text people? Do you want to come over for sex? How would that even work? All right. Let's make like a retired Dennis and move to Florida.

As you know, America's flasted penis recently passed the Don't Say Gay Law. You covered your face like you've never seen that. You're like, ah, that's the first time you've looked at it before and you said it was flaccid. So, they passed the Don't Say Gay Law, which puts limits on how schools can talk about sex and gender issues. And this has upset a lot of people, including the folks at the Walt Disney Company, because so many of their creative stuff are LGBTQ. Yeah. If you're surprised, how can you be surprised? Like, what do you think?

Why do you think Disney is always killing off straight parents? They hate breeders? Think about it. It's a conspiracy. So Disney denounced the bill. And then Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, he denounced Disney. And now the feud is escalating even further. The feud between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Disney is growing. Yesterday he asked the state legislature to repeal a 1967 law

allowing Disney to operate a private government for its properties in the state including Disney World. Disney's special self-governance which covers 40 square miles allows the company to provide many of its own services, like fire departments, road construction, and building and zoning. The move could leave Disney on the hook for millions of dollars a year in local taxes and with less autonomy over its property. This state is governed by the interest of the hook for millions of dollars a year in local taxes and with less autonomy over its property. This state is governed by the interest of the people of the state of Florida. It is not based on the demands of California corporate executives.

Oh, yes, dissent is so sassy. Look at you with your one hand. Trump, we're not gonna be tell what to do. Not at all. Mm-hmm. Ah. But yeah, the governor of Florida is using the power of the government. Listen to me now.

He's using the power of the government to punish Disney because they don't agree with his politics. Yeah. Can we just admit that most Republicans are not even Republicans anymore? Because for like a hundred years, the whole thing has been that there's nothing worse than the government telling businesses what to do. And now they're going to use the law to punish corporations for their opinions, all because they think that Disney's gotten too woke. Yeah? And Minnie's had a few abortions the past few years? Sorry was I...

Ah. She told me that in confidence. I'm... Mickey didn't know, I'm sorry, guys. Yeah, I mean, I thought corporations were people. or in Disney's case, rodents the size of people. And it's especially weird to hear these Republicans now saying corporations are getting too many special deals we need to have stiffer regulations and make them pay more taxes more taxes that's what Ron DeSens is saying now for a corporation so basically conservatives are so freaked out about

woken that is turning them into liberals. Yeah it is in fact in fact if you think about it if if liberals are smart, they should start harnessing this and like, hyping up oil companies, you know? Yeah, AOC should just come out and be like, Exxon Mobil is such a good ally, they support Black Lives Matter, they always use people's preferred pronouns, and then all of a sudden Republicans be like, what Exxon! Tear them down, cover them with solar panels! We gotta end this workness! Now, I will say this, I will say this. Run the Sanctus aside.

I do think it's a little weird that Disney gets all these special perks where it's basically its own country. Do you understand how crazy that is? Like, I never knew that they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they were they they were that they were that that they were that that that they were that that that that that that that that that that that they were they were that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that crazy that is? Like, I never knew that they were allowed to run their own government basically. You know, the only thing I did know is that they have their own jail. Yeah. No, I didn't know.

And this is true. In Disney World, if you get in trouble, they have a little jailed that they th. th. th......... their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th, their, th. their, their, their, told, told, too, told, told, told, told, told, told. told, told, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, too, too, too... too. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. too, their their their their their the, they own jurisdiction, they own everything. I've actually been in there, but it was only because I jumped off the ride in the middle, like in the Africa part of it's a small world. I thought I saw some of my friends. It was a misunderstanding. It could have happened to anyone. Like, so I saw people are like, oh, see thrown. And then I jumped and there's a Sanchez to pick a fight with Mickey Mouse. Mickey is one of Florida's largest employers. And he never turns the other cheek. Oh boy! Ron DeSantis claims to be a conservative, but right now he's acted like a liberal bitch.

He's raising taxes on a beloved Florida corporation. Say hello to $50 turkey legs. He's using big government to silence our small family business. I guess it's a socialist world after all. You didn't hear this from me. But when Ron DeSantis went into the haunted mansion, this loser straight up shit himself. No joke! He got so scared from a children's ride in his pants. Ha ha ha! Ron DeSantis is the dumbest mother-f-foo-fis I know. And I'm friends with a guy named Dopey. Ron DeSantis.

Wrong for Florida. Wrong for America. Poopped his pants. I'm Mickey Mouse, and I'll cut a bitch. Wow. Mickey does not play around. All right. Our final story is about birthdays. You know, the day we celebrate the last time we saw our mom's vagina.

I mean, maybe you creeps, I was a C-section baby. Now, it may come as a surprise, but not everyone loves celebrating their birthday, as one company in Kentucky learned the hard way. A judge has awarded a Kentucky man $450,000 after his former employer threw him a surprise birthday party that caused him to have a panic attack. It happened in 2019. Gravity Diagnostics threw a surprise lunch for Kevin Burling after he told his office manager he didn't want the company to celebrate his birthday because he suffers

from an anxiety disorder and said that the stress would trigger a panic attack, which is exactly. after th th. after th. after th. after the the the the th. the the th. their their their their thi. thi. their their thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. After thi. After thi. After his thi. thi. After thi. After thi. After thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the, the, the, th. after, th. after th. after th. after th. after th. after thi. after thi. after thi. After, thi. After, their, their, their, the the the the the the the thi. thi. thi. thru. thru. thru. thru. thru. thru. throo. thru. throo. thru. thru. thru. thru. because he suffers from an anxiety disorder and said that the stress would trigger a panic attack, which is exactly what happened. So Burling had to leave the party because of an attack. And according to the suit, he was then criticized by his bosses, which triggered another attack. He was fired a couple of days later. Last month, he won his lawsuit for disability discrimination and retaliation. Yeah, you know what, honestly, good for this guy. Good for him. You know what?

I saw people online roasting him, being like, I can't believe he's getting paid half a million dollars because he didn't want a birthday party. No, he's getting paid half a million dollars because he said, he said, he said, birthday anyway, which gave him the panic attack, and instead of just apologizing, they fired him for having a panic attack. People, you can't fire someone for something you gave them. Pablo Escobar was never like, George, HR found cocaine in your desk, so yeah, please hand in your

ID card, sorry. That's not a thing. And also, can we talk about this from what is so important about throwing a birthday party that that that that that that that that that that that that that that thi thi thi thi thi that that that. that. that. People that. People that. People that. People their tho their their their their their their their tho their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the their the the their their their their their their their their the also, can we talk about this from it? What is so important about throwing a birthday party that this company had to do it even though the employee didn't want one? Right? If you want to have a birthday party at work so bad, just throw it. You don't need a reason for it. Just ask Boris Johnson.

You can do it any time. Let me tell you something, nobody actually wants to celebrate their birthday at the office. Nobody wants to. It's not fun. What could be more special than celebrating with my mandatory friends and this photocopy machine? Happy birthday me. I want to go to that birthday. Here's another thing. I want to go to that birthday. Here's another thing.

Surprise birthdays, especially, are one of the most stressful things ever. Yeah, think about it. People just pop out of you, out of nowhere. And then they set a cake in front of you and they put it on fire, then you have to extinguish it. You don't even get to pick the cake because of surprise. What if it's carrot cake, huh? Yeah, first you scare the shit out of me, then you trick me into eating a vegetable. Get the f-feeck out of here, man! Come with your birthday! Come on with your birthday! the th. th. th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th th th th thi tho tho the tho the their their thi their thi their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their, you, you, you, you, you, you, you th, you th, you th, you th, you th. you th. You th. You th. You th. You the the the the the the theat theat thooooooooooooooooooooooooom. You, you the. You'm sick of people who tell you how to celebrate your own birthday. And we all know who they are, a bunch of birthday Nazis. Yeah, you're like, oh, I don't want to do anything this year. No, we are going to do something.

Get dressed. Let's go. We are going to celebrate your birthday. Happy. to celebrate your birthday. . That's not a party, that's a kidnapping. I'm going to celebrate my birthday by force. Stop it. All right, that's it for the headlines. Before we go to a break, let's check in on the stock market,

which has been on a wild ride today. Give it up for Michael Costa, everybody. Michael Costa, everybody. Michael, yeah. What on earth is going on in the stock market? I mean, I am crushing it in the stock market, okay? But before we get into Netflix, that story about the birthday party, you know? Yeah, I understand how that guy feels. You know, I've worked many birthday parties.

Over a lot of summers, I was a male stripper and they used to bake me into the cake. And there was this one party, everybody got so drunk, they forgot about me, eventually I had to eat my way out of it, but I can relate to being at a party you don't want to be at, you know, and so I can feel for that guy. Oh, that's not the same thing, but yeah, that's a... I learned a lot about you in this story. I guess I should share with you that that that that that that today that today that today that today that today that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I guess I that I guess I guess I guess I guess I guess I guess I guess I guess I guess I guess I guess I guess I guess I guess I guess I guess I guess I should should should should should should that that that I guess I should that that that that's that's that's that's that's that's I should I should I should I should I should I should I should I should I should I should I should I should I should I should I should I should I should I should I guess I that's I that's I that's I that's I that that that that that that that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I birthday. So that's, yeah, thanks. Oh, Dan, one of the chancers. All right, well, from me to you, Michael Costa. Yeah. Happy birthday.

I will sue you right now if you, I'll sue all of you, if you keep singing that song. I was just going to sing you the happy birthday. Yeah, and that's triggering for me. OK. Let's get into this Netflix chart, shall we? OK, so look, this is a volatile chart. And this is part of the reason why I didn't put my stand-up special about a year ago on Netflix. And instead, I decided to hide it deep in their marketing department. But Trevor, you can see right here, this is the beginning of COVID.

Netflix just took off, okay? What are you gonna do? Stay at home and talk to your wife? No. Now, I know what you're thinking. Costa, what's this? You're an expert. What is this dip right here? And I have to be honest with you from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from, from the the the the the the the the the the the to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, the to, to, the the the, the, the, the, the the the the the the, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to be................... too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, to? So I can't tell you what that was. I don't know.

But I do know that right here, that was, this was that TV show about the woman who did drugs and played chess, uh, Queens gumbo or whatever, which, which by the way, I did a bunch of drugs one night and played chess and I'm not very good, so that show is kind of a lie. So that show that show that show that show that show that show that show that show that show that show that show that show that show is that show is that show that show is that show is that show is kind that show is kind that show is kind. From that show is kind. From that show is kind that show is kind that show is kind that show is kind that show is kind. that show is kind that show is kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind. So that show is kind. So that show is kind. So that show is kind. So that show is kind. that show is kind. that show. that show. that show. that show. that's that's. that's that's that's that's. that's. that's. that's. to to to. to. to. to. to. to. So, so, so, so, so, that's. So, that's that's that's that's that's that's you know what we call that technically in the financial world? Bart Simpson's hairline, it's a very technical term. You'll see a dip right here. That was the milk crate challenge. A lot of Americans hurt themselves, couldn't operate their computer. What's important here, Trevor, is how the incline in value.

This is all squid game, ladies and gentlemen, okay? Okay? Americans love a Korean dystopian future TV show where you have to read in subtitles. Now, Netflix made a big mistake and they released right here Tiger King 2. Nobody wants to see that shit. They followed up by releasing around 30 serial documentaries about white male serial killers. So many that I thought maybe if I want to be on Netflix, I'll become a serial killer. I did some night stalking. I never racked up any kills, but I got my steps in. This, this is supply chain, all right? You cannot enjoy Netflix if Netflix is trapped in a shipping container in the port of Los Angeles.

This dip, obviously, Will Smith, smacking Chris Rock. And then lastly, this final decline, do you expect when your best show is called, Is It Cake? So that's my financial breakdown of Netflix. Why? Thank you so much for that, Michael. That was surprisingly informative. Thank you very much. All right, when we come back, Ronnie Chang celebrates not celebrating Earth Day.

You don't want to miss it. Welcome. Welcome back to the Daily Show. This Friday is Earth Day, that time of the year where we take a moment to think about more efficient ways to destroy the planet. No, I'm joking, I'm joking, it's where we think about saving the planet. And so we sent Ronnie Chang into the streets of New York to get into the Earth Day spirit. Earth Day is almost here. The day that the world comes together to celebrate this planet that we all share. Unless your ideas about it are stupid, in which case I have to fight you on the street. And prove me wrong.

Earth Day edition. Earth doesn't deserve to be celebrated. Prove me wrong. Maybe you're right. Wow, that was the easiest prove me wrong I've ever had to win. What has the earth ever done for you? I mean, I was born here, I got these clothes here. Yeah, but the earth didn't do any of that.

We did that. We did the shit. Earth is a great place. Really? What's so great about it? I mean, you got the animals. You the birds, you got the the birds, you're, the the the birds, their, their, their, their, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, that, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the the the the the the the the the the earth, the earth, the earth, the earth, the earth, the earth, the earth, the earth, the earth, the earth, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the, the. the. the. the. the. thea, thea, thea, tho. thea. thea. thea' thea' thea' thea' thea' thea' thea'er. the animals, you have the birds. Oh. When's the last time you pet a bird? About two years. OK, what do you mean two years ago you pet a bird? My friend Eric, he owns a parakeet. We don't need to be thankful for everything.

If we're not thankful for the earth, I'm still alive. Okay, then when you do die, then just... How do I explain it? You can't explain... You can't explain it, though. You can't explain stupidity. You don't tell me to me tell you tell me thea. We're Malaysia every to their day. the Malaiseair their You're going to me to me to me Malaysia celebrates Earth Day? Yeah, we celebrate Earth Day.

Nobody knows what we just said, so. Inside is better than outside true me wrong. Inside, you got like central air, you breathe in other people's air, you breathe in other people's shit, it's the same stuff. That air that's coming through, that's from everybody's a a a a a the a the same stuff. You're breathing other people's shit and piss in... That air that's coming through? That's from everybody's apartment. Really? Yeah.

Outside it's better. Why? Well, at least we can see people. Oh man, that's the best part of the pandemic. I didn't have to see anybody. Really? Yeah, look at all these people now. the thanks. their. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. th photos without permission, driving around. Inside is better than outside. Prove me wrong. Why don't you prove me wrong?

No, that's not what this segment is called. This segment is called Prove me wrong, okay? You're a kid, don't you like being inside and playing Minecraft? Don't you like playing Minecraft? Video games are my top priority? Okay, I'll bite. What is your top priority. Okay, I'll bite. What is your top priority?

Um, rock climbing is actually my favorite thing to do. Oh man, we got the wrong kick for this segment. You'll miss the outside. The plants? What about the plants? What about the plants? Relax you. Yeah, okay.

Massages relax you too. Not like plants. I never had a great massage from a plant. Oh, you know what plant I'm talking about. There's only one plant on earth that makes the earth good. Makes you forget all your problems. Oh, I see you're talking about cocaine. Oh, no There's better air. It's fresh. Have you smelled the air around here lately? What in New York City lady? Yeah. There's also the fridge. You're supposed to be on his the the the the the the the the the the the the th the th. the th. the the th. th. the th. th. the the th. th. the the the th. the the the the th. the the th. th. thathea thathea' th. I'm th. the the the plant the plant the plant the plant the plant the the plant the plant the plant the plant the plant the plant the plant the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the. the thea. the thea. thea. the thea. thea. the the thea. the the the the the the the the the the the there's couches. There's also the fridge. Yeah. You're supposed to be on his side or my side? Okay, I guess you do belong outside.

Well, it's definitely safer outside. There's no door frames. How tall are you? I'm 610. Okay. Well, outside is easier for you because I guess you're the apex predator of everything. You know, I'm actually a vegetarian.

Oh, what? It's also the best way to reduce your carbon footprint is to eat less meat. Shut the fuck up. You're in no place to talk about carbon footprints, all right? What's your carbon footprint? You're like a size 15? If something goes extinct, we didn't need it in the first place. Prove me wrong. All All, if, if, if, if, if would you eat it? No. I feel like you're not like exploring enough. Wait, so your argument against this is we should be eating the things that went extinct.

Yeah. That's how they went extinct. So dinosaurs. Yeah, if dinosaurs didn't go extinct, people would be pretty broke right now. tho-because people dig up fossils as a living and get money. Yeah, well if dinosaurs didn't go extinct, people would be pretty broke right now because people dig up fossils as a living and get money from selling it to the museums. People would be broke if they didn't do that. What are you an archaeologist or something? Actually no, I'm a kid. If something goes extinct, we didn't need it in the first place. Prove me wrong.

Oh, that's a hard one. That's really hard to bargain to be honest. Okay, great, we're done here. Thank you so much for that one of the tongue. All right, when we come back, the man who took on Amazon and won, Chris Smalls is joining me on the show, so don't go away. Welcome back to the Daily Show. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is the president of the Amazon Labor Union.

He led Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse to successfully form the first union in any of the company's US facilities. Please welcome, Chris Small. The man who took on the boot, welcome. What an took on Amazon and One, Chris Smalls, welcome to the Daily Show. What an insane story. Like, I remember when this first started, you know, the pandemic was happening, Amazon was ramping up production, the workers were struggling, people were complaining. And then your story popped up as an idea. Like, I remember when this first started, you know, the pandemic was happening, Amazon was ramping up production, the workers were struggling, people were complaining, and then your story popped up as an idea and everyone said the same thing, and said, this guy's crazy, this is going to fail, you cannot beat

Amazon and you did. Let's start at the beginning. Did you think you stood a chance? I know you did what you did, but ask you that is because Amazon, like people have tried to form unions in some of Amazon's other warehouses. They failed dismally. Amazon's got a really good marketing program inside. You know what they do as an Amazon worker. Talk me through that process. So you were inside Amazon, you're working, right? Well, I was fired two years ago after I let a walk out, but I worked for the company for almost five years. I started in 2015 in New Jersey. So I was promoted up to a supervisor level.

I was in that position for four years up until my termination. And I definitely learned the end and out of the warehouse and the operations. I trained thousands of their employees, hundreds of their management that are now upper management to this day. So for me, organizing was just, I'm playing for a different team, and I'm with the people. I love that. When you thought of organizing, obviously there was a reason.

you know, every one of us reads about Amazon from the outside. We hear these stories. People don't get enough breaks. Some people are peeing in bottles. Some people are, you know, stressed out because they have to meet random quotas that Amazon imposes on them. Just the other day, for instance, I think it was on Easter. There was a sign up that is actually true? What is it like to work in an Amazon warehouse? It is true. You know, as the Amazon worker, we're

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was only interviewed twice. So it wasn't, it wasn't fair, wasn't consistent with everybody and that worked there and I knew before COVID that something had to be done and when COVID hit it was a life-of-death situation I decided to take further action. When you when you look at how to start a union one of the hardest things is if I understand correct me, correct me if I'm wrong is you need 30% of the signatures of the workers to begin the process. One of the hardest reasons you can't do that at Amazon is because they hire and fire their their. One of the hardest reasons you can't do that at Amazon is because they hire and fire so quickly. So how did you get around that obstacle of getting people on board and then having them

be around long enough to be part of the beginnings of a union? Yeah, well education is key. You know, we had to educate them on what the union provides, educate them on laws that protect them without a union. So certain protection we do have that workers don't even even, the had to make sure that we are educating the workers to get to a point where they start organizing themselves. And once we got to that point we said okay you know we're not going to go for the four. There's four facilities over there we're not going to go for all four. We're not going to break. We're going to break it down and go one we did try and we had to withdraw.

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So then let's talk about the key things. You're in an interesting situation now. So you are the ALU president, right? You've done something that no one thought was achievable. The vice president, as I understand still works works at Amazon, which was a smart move because you wanted someone on the inside. What are you looking to do now? Because I know this is not the end. This is the beginning of the story, you know, and when the union was formed, you even, you know, sent a message out to Jeff Bezos. It was like pretty direct where you were going like, this is the beginning. This is only the beginning. And you thanked him, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thin, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, thi, thi, thi, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the the the the, the the the the the the the the th, th, the the th. What the thi, thi, thi, thin, thin, thin, thin, thi, thr-a, thr-w. thr-w. thin, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the beginning this is only the beginning and you thanked him that was interesting to me you thanked him for flying in his penis-shaped rocket. No I'd love to know why

you think that was so significant why do you think that that actually helped with the unionizing efforts? Well you know we were outside I was outside I was outside signing work is up so I was just the truth you know the the the the the th I th I th I th I I I I I I I I I th I I th I th I th I th I th I th I th th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I was just th. I was just th. I was just th. I was just the I was just the. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd the. I'd the. I'd that I'd th. I'd that I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd th. I'd the. I'd the. I'd the. I'm theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeean. theethe truth, you know, and he need to know that. You know, he thinned us when he came back, you know, we paid for that trip. So, you know, in this case, we wanted to remind him that you keep going to space, we're going to continue to union. I love that. Damn. What's, what you're trying? Many people out there, this is something I've really enjoyed about watching how you work. You've centered the union around the workers and the workers alone.

You know, politicians will always try and make it like the union is the theirs. You know, they'll go like, oh, this is the Democrats, this is the Republicans, and you've gone like, no, no, no, this is the workers. You know, because unions help all the the unions, the unions, the unions, the unions, the unions, the unions, the unions, the unions, the unions, the unions, the unions, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the, the, the, the, they. they. the the the thi, the the thi. thi. thi. the the the the the thooooooooooo. the the the the the the the thi. thi. thi. the workers. It doesn't matter what your political affiliation is, you're fighting for the workers. I'd love to know why or how you thought of doing that, where so many would have aligned themselves with politicians, you've gone, no, I'm choosing not to do that. Yeah, you know, we want to represent all people. You know, you're a worker, whether you're left, right, up, the worker, their wler, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thr, their, their, you're, you're, you're, you're thr, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you, you're, you, you're, you're, you're you, you're you, you're you, you're you, you're their, you're their, you're their, you're their, you're their, you're their, you're their, you're their, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, they.... thr. thr. throwne, throwne, throwne, throwne, throwne, throwne. thooooooooooo, you're thr. throwne. throwne. thoooo, you're thrown care. We want to make sure that it's all inclusive. And putting workers in the driver's seat, that's the ultimate power.

You know, if you start to align with certain groups, then Amazon uses that against you. You know, all right, this union president from this established union, salary is half a million dollars. Yes. With me, they, and having the workers in the driver's seat and having them at the negotiating table, putting together a contract that protects them,

especially the ones that work for the company and know the engine out of the company, that's the best thing ever. And now I want to give the power back to them by this union. And that's exactly what we're trying to achieveto do. What do you hope to achieve with the union? So give me some of the things that you know need to change now in an Amazon warehouse that all of us watch. Because everyone, we use Amazon. People love the service, but at the same time, you know, it's conflicting because people go like, wait, that their treat. You know, it customers need to know that just because you hit one click buy it doesn't,

it's not magic. You know, these are real people being affected. You know we want you want you to understand in solidarity with these workers. They come from y'all. they're your neighbors. And we're customers too. And their thi's th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi's thi. thi. thi. thi's thi. thi. thi. thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi. thi. thi's thi's thi's thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. theeeeeeee. thee. theeeeeee. thee. the. theeee. the. the. the. the. th hire and fire people all the time. You know, there's people that homeless work in there, people in shelters working there that we help. We're fighting for $30,000 now with higher wages, better medical leave options. Making everybody a shareholder again, who they stopped in 2018. Bring it back the monthly bonuses, Amazon workers know what I'm talking about. VCP, which was for productivity and attendance. We used to get. They stopped that in 2018 as well. Bring it back hazard pay. They think the pandemic is over. People are still working catching COVID, still being sick. And also, you know, providing a better quality of life, a pension, free college for themselves and their children as well. Everything a union can

provide, we want to provide with this union. You're a legend, my bitch. Thank you so much for being here. For real. Man, everything you've done. Chris Malls, everybody. Thank you so much for joining me on the show. Best of luck. We're going to keep up with you on all of it. All right, we're going to take a quick break, but we'll be real. And that's our show for tonight. Thank you so much for tuning in. Until tomorrow. Stay safe out there. And remember, if you're planning someone's surprise birthday party,

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