The CIO unionized General Motors in 1937 and saved the labor movement. Today's unions need to do the same to Amazon if there is any hope of stopping the slow death of American labor.
Building from below, workers can organize a well-planned strike—over the objections of more conservative unions—draw on their knowledge of the production process, hit the company where it hurts the most, and wrest real gains.
The billions that Amazon steals from American buyers and sellers are the source of the millions that Bezos uses to support Trump's fascist takeover of America.
The stakes are high for U.S. labor. If we are going to remain relevant, unions must meet the challenge of building worker power at such a behemoth by making Amazon organizing a project of the entire labor movement.
While the introduction of robotics at Amazon is still in an early phase, the technological transformation underway continues existing practices of work intensification, degradation, and displacement.
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The continuing expansion of Amazon’s business model could signal the unraveling of wages, benefits and protections for working people more generally.
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