Union, from filmmakers Brett Story (a Torontonian) and Stephen Maing,follows the underdog story of Amazon workers unionizing in Staten Island, N.Y., to win improvements to the wretched conditions they toil in. While the film focuses on the U.S., there are massive Amazon facilities in the GTA and around Canada, and attempts have been made to unionize them, so far unsuccessfully.
This article appeared in the 2024 May/June issue.
