华盛顿邮报 取得胜利后的亚马逊工会将面临哪些挑战?(2)

So, let's start with Chris, because, as you said, he's this really magnetic figure and seemed to have a massive role in why the first warehouse¹ was successful when it came to unionizing.

那么，让我们从克里斯开始说起，因为，正如你所说，他是一个非常有吸引力的人物，似乎在第一个仓库成立工会取得成功方面发挥了巨大的作用。

Can you tell me a bit about who he is and how he got involved?

你能告诉我他是谁吗？他是如何参与进来的？

Yeah. So, he was an Amazon worker. He'd been with the company almost five years.

嗯。他是亚马逊的一名员工。他在这家公司工作了将近五年。

Right around the beginning of COVID, there started to be some COVID cases in his warehouse, and he led a protest, a walkout that garnered² some media attention and that upset Amazon and led Amazon to fire him.

就在新冠肺炎疫情开始的时候，他所在的仓库里开始有一些新冠病毒案件，他领导了一场抗议，一场罢工引起了一些媒体的关注，这让亚马逊感到不安，并导致亚马逊解雇了他。

And, so, after that, he essentially³ spent a year on a crusade, staging protests outside Jeff Bezos' mansions⁴.

在那之后，他基本上花了一年的时间在一场改革运动上，在杰夫·贝索斯的大厦外举行抗议活动。

Our streets! Our streets! Our streets! Our streets! Our streets! Our streets! Our streets!

我们的街道！我们的街道！我们的街道！我们的街道！我们的街道！我们的街道！我们的街道！

And then, eventually, they ran out of mansions, and Chris set up outside the bus stop and just decided⁵ to organize a union on his own.

最终，他们从大厦里跑出来了，克里斯在公共汽车站外成立了一个工会，决定自己组织一个工会。

And I think he thought he could do it better than established unions could, that he understood the workers better, that he understood their needs.

我想他认为自己可以比现有的工会做得更好，他更了解工人，他理解他们的需求。

So he just -- He and and a bunch of his friends who had traveled with him to Bezos' mansions decided they were going to do this on their own.

他--他和他的一群朋友一起去了贝索斯的大厦，他们决定自己去做这件事。

And, I mean, I can imagine that Chris is up against a lot.

我可以想象克里斯面临的挑战很多。

You know, Amazon is this giant company. It's very powerful.

你知道，亚马逊是一家巨型公司。该公司非常强大。

So can you just walk me through the way Amazon has addressed unions in the past and what their tactics have been?

所以你能告诉我亚马逊过去对待工会的方式以及他们的策略是什么吗？

Sure. So, Amazon is is fervently⁶ anti-union.

好的。亚马逊是强烈反对工会的。

I don't think they want their workers to be unionized, in part because they cycle through people exceedingly fast.

我认为他们不希望自己的工人加入工会，部分原因是他们员工流动非常快。

So, you know, the turnover⁷ in the Staten Island warehouse where Chris was fired is 100% to 150% a year. And to have that kind of --

解雇克里斯的斯塔滕岛仓库的人员流动是100%到150%。有一种--。

Yeah. So, the entire workforce⁸ is turning over every eight months.

嗯。整个劳动力每八个月就会轮换一次。

You know, the turnover in those facilities is intentional⁹, I think, in part because they don't have to continue to give people raises over time.

你知道，我认为是故意让这些工厂的人员流动，部分原因是他们不必随着时间的推移继续给员工加薪。

After five years, Amazon will essentially buy you out if you're an hourly worker, give you a lump sum never to work for Amazon again.

五年后，如果你只是个小时工，亚马逊会买断你的工作，给你一笔钱，让你永远不再为亚马逊工作。

So this is not a long-term relationship that they're trying to build with their workforces¹⁰, and that makes it really hard to unionize.

他们并非试图与员工建立长期关系，这使得成立工会变得非常困难。

So Chris had that against him. He also had a -- You know, it's a trillion-dollar company. He had no money.

所以克里斯对此很不满。 他（杰夫·贝索斯）还拥有——你知道，一个价值万亿美元的公司。 但他却没有钱。

They were going to hire big law firms.

他们打算聘请大型律师事务所。

They were going to hire anti-union consultants¹¹ to come in and talk to the workers and convince them not to unionize. They were going to go after him.

他们打算聘请反工会顾问进来与工人交谈，说服他们不要成立工会。他们要去抓他。

So he had a lot of disadvantages.

所以他处于略势地位。

1 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。

2 garnered   

v.收集并（通常）贮藏（某物），取得，获得( garner的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith gradually garnered a national reputation as a financial expert. 史密斯先生逐渐赢得全国金融专家的声誉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He has garnered extensive support for his proposals. 他的提议得到了广泛的支持。 来自辞典例句

3 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

4 mansions   

n.宅第，公馆，大厦( mansion的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Fifth Avenue was boarded up where the rich had deserted their mansions. 第五大道上的富翁们已经出去避暑，空出的宅第都已锁好了门窗，钉上了木板。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Oh, the mansions, the lights, the perfume, the loaded boudoirs and tables! 啊，那些高楼大厦、华灯、香水、藏金收银的闺房还有摆满山珍海味的餐桌！ 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 fervently   

adv.热烈地，热情地，强烈地

参考例句：

• "Oh, I am glad!'she said fervently. “哦，我真高兴！”她热烈地说道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• O my dear, my dear, will you bless me as fervently to-morrow?' 啊，我亲爱的，亲爱的，你明天也愿这样热烈地为我祝福么？” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

7 turnover   

n.人员流动率，人事变动率；营业额，成交量

参考例句：

• The store greatly reduced the prices to make a quick turnover.这家商店实行大减价以迅速周转资金。
• Our turnover actually increased last year.去年我们的营业额竟然增加了。

8 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

9 intentional   

adj.故意的，有意（识）的

参考例句：

• Let me assure you that it was not intentional.我向你保证那不是故意的。
• His insult was intentional.他的侮辱是有意的。

10 workforces   

全体员工( workforce的名词复数 )； （国家或行业等）劳动力； 劳动大军； 劳动人口

参考例句：

• The Web has allowed companies to become more distributed and workforces to become more flexible. 网站已允许各公司更加分散，工作队伍也变得更加灵活。
• They are large centres of business in their own with skilled workforces and business-friendly environments. 从自身条件来说，它们都是大型商业中心，拥有大批技能型劳动力和友好的商业运作环境。

11 consultants   

顾问( consultant的名词复数 )； 高级顾问医生，会诊医生

参考例句：

• a firm of management consultants 管理咨询公司
• There're many consultants in hospital. 医院里有很多会诊医生。