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Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos

October 1, 2021

As politicians and regulators around the world start to consider the global impact of Amazon — and how to rein in Bezos’ power — FRONTLINE investigates how he executed a plan to build one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world.

September 29, 2021

Global Left Midweek - September 29, 2021

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From Brazil: Deep thoughts on electoral politics and fighting fascism

September 22, 2021

Global Left Midweek - Indigenous World

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Indigenous peoples in action on five continents! And more news and analysis from all over

September 20, 2021

Carpenters’ Union Halts Work on Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Facebook Expansions in Seattle Area

Mike Lewis GeekWire

Construction work on several major tech company expansion projects, including those by Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Facebook, slowed to a crawl today as the region largest carpenters’ union halted work over a wage dispute.

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September 15, 2021

Teamsters Local Union 362 Files for Union Vote at Amazon Facility in Nisku, AB

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Teamsters Local 362 filed for a vote on union representation at the Amazon YEG 1 Fulfillment Centre in Nisku, AB. This represents the first step in the Teamsters Canada union organizing campaign to bring Amazon to the bargaining table.

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September 12, 2021

Regulating Amazon’s Warehouse Algorithms Is About More Than Injuries

Luis Feliz Leon The New Republic

A California law limiting warehouse quotas could also help with high turnover, giving workers more opportunities to organize.

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September 5, 2021

Amazonians United Is the Other Face of the Amazon Labor Movement

Ted Miin and Jonathan Bailey Jacobin

At Amazon, big organizing campaigns by established unions are only the most visible face of labor organizing. The other is Amazonians United, a militant shop-floor group with a presence around the country.

August 26, 2021

Tidbits - Aug. 26, 2021 - Reader Comments: Afghanistan - What Next?; Organizing Amazon; Stanley Aronowitz; Cuba Today; China; Food Industry and Meat; Ghosts of Amistad; Peru; Global Supply Change; lots of announcements; more....

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Reader Comments: Afghanistan - What Next?; Organizing Amazon; Stanley Aronowitz; Cuba Today; China; Food Industry and Meat; Ghosts of Amistad; Peru; Global Supply Change; lots of announcements; more....

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August 22, 2021

Amazon? There Has to be a Better Way

Wade Rathke The Stansbury Forum

Jeff Bezos may be going to the moon soon, but down here on terra firma unions are trying to organize and protect Amazon workers, and we seem to be the ones lost in space.

August 4, 2021

Alabama Amazon Workers Are Likely Getting a Second Shot at a Union

Alex N. Press Jacobin

A federal official has recommended that the results of the union election at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse be thrown out and a second election be held, due to the company’s illegal anti-union tactics.

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