Wild West Amazon
https://portside.org/2017-12-18/wild-west-amazon
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Author: Frank Bsirske
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New York Times
'You are making history by striking. You are making history by demanding higher wages. We are not going to let a big American company come here and play Wild West. This is a clash of cultures.'
Frank Bsirske, chair of ver.di (amalgamated
service employees union) of Germany, playing
on the company's motto: “Work hard. Have
fun. Make history." at a strike rally in June
with hundreds of workers outside the
Amazon plant in Leipzig,