BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:Pacific Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:Pacific Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260610T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260610T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Chris Smalls- When the Revolution Comes DESCRIPTION:Join us for author Chris Smalls as he discusses his remarkable story of co-founding the Amazon Labor Union in his debut book!\nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEATS!\nIn the early days of the Covid pandemic\, warehouse worker Chris Smalls and his colleagues continued showing up as the rest of the world was shutting down. A dedicated and experienced Amazon employee\, increasingly frustrated by the inner workings of the retail giant\, Smalls had already felt himself reaching a breaking point. So\, when coworkers around him began falling ill\, and with no transparency or assurances of safety coming from those in charge\, he made the only choice left available to him. He staged a walkout with friend Derrick Palmer\, eventually finding himself on the picket line without a job. But what began as a demand to keep essential employees safe in a crisis would grow into a movement devoted to achieving dignity and security for the American wage worker\, sparking a groundswell of organizers at the most notable companies across the nation including Starbucks\, Trader Joe's\, and Apple and leading to lasting change for labor.When the Revolution Comes is the riveting inside story of how a young Black man from Hackensack\, NJ with little-to-no resources led a scrappy band of Staten Island warehouse workers in an improbable fight against Amazon\, the second largest private employer in the U.S.\, and won. This epic David-and-Goliath tale traces Smalls' dramatic story\, from a childhood spent navigating his dad's stints in and out of prison to his early pursuits of a career in music\; from his years of sacrifice and economic uncertainty as a father of three\, fighting a miasma of warehouse managerial politics in an effort to make ends meet\, to his ascension as the leader of a new generation's labor movement. Along the way\, he details lessons learned from a life spent working paycheck-to-paycheck\, advocating for those around him\, and persevering in the face of adversity\, and shares how those lessons helped him build the coalition that became the first-ever union of American Amazon workers.A deeply personal and eye-opening account of the creation of the Amazon Labor Union\, When the Revolution Comes is both a searing expos of what it's like to be working class in America today as well as the empowering story of what is possible when the overworked\, underpaid\, and disempowered join together\, a movement born in community.\nChris Smalls is the co-founder and former president of the Amazon Labor Union. Under his leadership\, the ALU successfully unionized an Amazon warehouse: a historic victory for workers' rights in America. A Fortune "40 Under 40" honoree\, he was named one of the 100 most influential people of 2022 by Time magazine\, alongside his fellow union organizer Derrick Palmer. When the Revolution Comes is his first book.\n*Feel free to contact the store for further assistance at 360-671-2626!* X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for author Chris Smalls as he discusses his remarkable story of co-founding the Amazon Labor Union in his debut book!

In the early days of the Covid pandemic\, warehouse worker Chris Smalls and his colleagues continued showing up as the rest of the world was shutting down. A dedicated and experienced Amazon employee\, increasingly frustrated by the inner workings of the retail giant\, Smalls had already felt himself reaching a breaking point. So\, when coworkers around him began falling ill\, and with no transparency or assurances of safety coming from those in charge\, he made the only choice left available to him. He staged a walkout with friend Derrick Palmer\, eventually finding himself on the picket line without a job. But what began as a demand to keep essential employees safe in a crisis would grow into a movement devoted to achieving dignity and security for the American wage worker\, sparking a groundswell of organizers at the most notable companies across the nation&mdash\;including Starbucks\, Trader Joe'\;s\, and Apple&mdash\;and leading to lasting change for labor.

When the Revolution Comes \;is the riveting inside story of how a young Black man from Hackensack\, NJ with little-to-no resources led a scrappy band of Staten Island warehouse workers in an improbable fight against Amazon\, the second largest private employer in the U.S.\, and won. This epic David-and-Goliath tale traces Smalls&rsquo\; dramatic story\, from a childhood spent navigating his dad&rsquo\;s stints in and out of prison to his early pursuits of a career in music\; from his years of sacrifice and economic uncertainty as a father of three\, fighting a miasma of warehouse managerial politics in an effort to make ends meet\, to his ascension as the leader of a new generation&rsquo\;s labor movement. Along the way\, he details lessons learned from a life spent working paycheck-to-paycheck\, advocating for those around him\, and persevering in the face of adversity\, and shares how those lessons helped him build the coalition that became the first-ever union of American Amazon workers.

A deeply personal and eye-opening account of the creation of the Amazon Labor Union\, When the Revolution Comes is both a searing exposé\; of what it&rsquo\;s like to be working class in America today as well as the empowering story of what is possible when the overworked\, underpaid\, and disempowered join together\, a movement born in community.

Chris Smalls is the co-founder and former president of the Amazon Labor Union. Under his leadership\, the ALU successfully unionized an Amazon warehouse: a historic victory for workers'\; rights in America. A Fortune \;&ldquo\;40 Under 40&rdquo\; honoree\, he was named one of the 100 most influential people of 2022 by Time \;magazine\, alongside his fellow union organizer Derrick Palmer. When the Revolution Comes \;is his first book.

*Feel free to contact the store for further assistance at 360-671-2626!*

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