Amazon workers were ‘heartbroken’ after AOC bails on promise to march with them

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez promised Amazon organizers she would stand by them at a rally outside a Staten Island warehouse trying to unionize – until she bailed on them.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is ghosting her comrades on the frontlines of a labor battle against Amazon.

“I figured she would follow her word. It was heartbreaking,” protest organizer Christian Smalls told The Post. “I felt bad for the workers that were excited to see her.About 50 people showed up for the unionization rally outside the JFK8 Amazon fulfillment center in Bloomfield on Aug 11. “After she didn’t show up the first time there was no point in reaching out to her after that,” Derrick Palmer, a packer at the Amazon warehouse, said.

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