AUTHOR, ORGANIZER, AND ACTIVIST
INSIDE the AMAZON LABOR UNION
— A Memoir of the Amazon Labor Union
Lead Organizer Tells All
The inside story of the grassroots Amazon Labor Union organizing campaign in Staten Island, New York — and the landmark union election victory that followed. Written by the Amazon Labor Union's first female organizer.
Memoir Labor & Workers' Rights Staten Island, NY
Memoir
Labor & Workers' Rights
Staten Island, NY
— The Book
A landmark union victory,
told from the inside.
This memoir recounts the grassroots Amazon Labor Union organizing efforts in 2021 and the landmark union election victory in 2022, in Staten Island, New York.
It also discusses Amazon warehouse issues, workers' rights, labor organizing techniques, labor history, union busting, and a behind the scenes look at the 2024 award-winning UNION documentary.
— Inside These Pages
What the memoir covers
Part organizing record, part labor history, part personal reckoning.
— The Author
From the claims desk
to the warehouse floor.
Natalie Monarrez was born and raised in Los Angeles, California — a former Disability Claims Administrator, Medical Insurance Claims Adjuster and Workers Compensation Claims Examiner by day, and a stand-up comic, emcee, booker and producer at night.
After losing her insurance career during the recession, she moved to the East Coast in 2017 to pursue comedy and began working for Amazon. She became the first female organizer, and then immediately a lead organizer, of the Amazon Labor Union, while also acting as the unofficial shop steward at the JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York.
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Know your worth and know your rights.
Natalie Monarrez
— Beyond the Book
The advocacy continues.
Natalie worked for Amazon as a warehouse associate for seven years, until her wrongful termination in 2024, and has continued her activism for labor advocacy and women's rights.
She has served as a volunteer political campaign organizer for the Democratic party, and as a volunteer social media assistant for Labor Arts and the Free Leonard Peltier campaign.
