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 InfoLondon : Pluto Press, 2020.
Descriptionxiii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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SeriesWildcat : 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2023301323
ISBN9780745341484 paperback
ISBN0745341489 paperback
ISBN9780745341477 hardcover
ISBN0745341470 hardcover
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