A new nonprofit signals Chris Smalls, president of Amazon's labor union, may be pursuing new projects

Thu, 04/13/2023 - 17:58

Chris Smalls stands in front of a union banner with a megaphone — Chris Smalls, a leader of the Amazon Labor Union, leads a march of Starbucks and Amazon workers and their allies to the homes of their CEOs to protest union busting on Labor Day, September 5, 2022, in New York City.
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Amazon Labor Union's president, Chris Smalls, has registered a new nonprofit.
The move signals that the union leader may be pursuing new projects.
The nonprofit aims to raise funds for Amazon, but it also wants to expand its work beyond the tech giant.

Chris Smalls, the president of Amazon's labor union, has registered a new nonprofit, signaling that he may be turning his attention to projects beyond the unionizing effort that's turned him into a national labor figure.