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‘A marathon, not a sprint’: how Chris Smalls defied Amazon to form a union

Smalls and Palmer achieved a ‘historic victory’ on 1 April, when they won the union vote 2,654 to 2,131.
Smalls and Palmer achieved a ‘historic victory’ on 1 April, when they won the union vote 2,654 to 2,131. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

“The revolution is here,” said an exuberant Chris Smalls on a cloudy morning via a Google Meet call last week.

Clad in a black baseball cap and air pods, Smalls spoke with the Guardian less than a week after winning a historic victory over Amazon, the second largest US employer – and establishing the company’s first ever union.

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