The cost of free shipping Amazon in the global economy / edited by Jake Alimahomed-Wilson and Ellen Reese.
| Other author | Alimahomed-Wilson, Jake. |
| Other author | Reese, Ellen, 1969- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Pluto Press, 2020. |
| Description | xiii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Wildcat : workers' movements and global capitalism Wildcat (Pluto Press) ^A1373133 |
| Contents | Preface/introduction: Amazon and the future of work in the global economy / Milkman -- Amazon capitalism / Alimahomed-Wilson ; Allison ; Reese -- Part I. Amazon's rise in global power: Amazon: context structure, and vulnerability / Moody -- Power accrues to the powerful: Amazon's market share, customer surveillance, and internet dominance / Williams -- Transnational Amazon: labor exploitation and the rise of E-Commerce in South Asia / Sprague ; Sathi. -- |
| Contents | Part II. Exploitation and resistance across Amazon's global empire: Amazonification of logistics: E-Commerce, labor, and exploitation in the last mile / Alimahomed-Wilson -- Automation and the surveillance-driven warehouse in inland Southern California / Struna ; Reese -- Gender, race, and Amazon warehouse labor in the United States / Reese -- New industrial working class? Challenges in disrupting Amazon's fulfillment process in Germany / Vgontzas -- Struggle for bodies and souls: Amazon management and union strategies in France and Italy / Massimo. |
| Contents | Part III. Communities confronting the E-commerce giant: Company town: what happens to a city and its Democracy when Amazon dominates? / Wilson -- Lessons from New York City's struggle against Amazon HQ₂ in Long Island City / Lang ; Stabrowski -- What happens when Amazon comes to town? Environmental impacts, local economies, and resistance in inland southern California / Emmons-Allison -- Worker and community organizing to challenge Amazon's algorithmic threat / Kaoosji. |
| Contents | Part IV. Struggling to win against Amazon: Amazon strikes in Europe: seven years of industrial action, challenges, and strategies / Boewe ; Schulten -- Bursing the bubble: the emerging tech worker movement at Amazon / Cox -- CEO has no clothes: worker leadership and Amazon's failures during COVID-19 / Rajendra -- Think big: organizing a successful Amazon workers' movement in the United States by combining the strengths of the left and organized labor / Olney ; Wilson -- Amazonians united! An interview with DCH₁ (Chicago) / DCH₁ Amazonians united -- Resisting Amazon capitalism / Alimahomed-Wilson ; Reese. |
| Abstract | "'Amazon Capitalism' grows ever stronger. This book provides the answers on how to fight the company's terrifying omnipotence." -- from the publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023301323 |
| ISBN | 9780745341484 paperback |
| ISBN | 0745341489 paperback |
| ISBN | 9780745341477 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0745341470 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | (PDF eBook) |
| ISBN | (EPUB eBook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |