The Amazon Union’s President Knows How Powerful an Outfit Can Be

Today, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing to review Amazon’s labor practices. During the proceedings, senator Lindsey Graham sparred with Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls, who accused Graham of prioritizing businesses over people. But nothing made a louder statement than Smalls’s clothes: a New York Yankees baseball hat and a red-and-yellow spotted black jacket with the phrase “Eat the Rich” printed on both the front and back. In many ways, Smalls’s clothes said what he could not. (It’s hard to lean into a mic in the Chamber of Commerce and declare, “eat the rich.”) Instead, Smalls’s jacket serves… Read Full Article