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The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy

By Jake Alimahomed-Wilson and Ellen Reese

Book information

Publisher
Pluto Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9780745341477, 9780745341484, 9781786807519, 9781786807533, 9781786807526
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3644955 bytes)
Pages
320\340
Time added
2023-04-28 17:54:49

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Title Copyright Contents List of Figures and Tables Dedication Acknowledgments Preface: Amazon and the Future of Work in the Global Economy - Ruth Milkman Introduction: Amazon Capitalism - Jake Alimahomed-Wilson, Juliann Allison, and Ellen Reese Part I Amazon’s Rise in Global Power 1 Amazon: Context, Structure, and Vulnerability - Kim Moody 2 Power Accrues to the Powerful: Amazon’s Market Share, Customer Surveillance, and Internet Dominance - Dana M. Williams 3 Transnational Amazon: Labor Exploitation and the Rise of E-Commerce in South Asia - Jeb Sprague and Sreerekha Sathi Part II Exploitation and Resistance Across Amazon’s Global Empire 4 The Amazonification of Logistics: E-Commerce, Labor, and Exploitation in the Last Mile - Jake Alimahomed-Wilson 5 Automation and the Surveillance-Driven Warehouse in Inland Southern California - Jason Struna and Ellen Reese 6 Gender, Race, and Amazon Warehouse Labor in the United States - Ellen Reese 7 A New Industrial Working Class? Challenges in Disrupting Amazon’s Fulfillment Process in Germany - Nantina Vgontzas 8 A Struggle for Bodies and Souls: Amazon Management and Union Strategies in France and Italy - Francesco Massimo Part III Communities Confronting The E-Commerce Giant 9 Company Town: What Happens to a City and its Democracy when Amazon Dominates? - Katie Wilson 10 Lessons from New York City’s Struggle Against Amazon HQ2 in Long Island City - Steve Lang and Filip Stabrowski 11 What Happens When Amazon Comes to Town? Environmental Impacts, Local Economies, and Resistance in Inland Southern California - Juliann Emmons Allison 12 Worker and Community Organizing to Challenge Amazon’s Algorithmic Threat - Sheheryar Kaoosji Part IV Struggling to Win Against Amazon 13 Amazon Strikes in Europe: Seven Years of Industrial Action, Challenges, and Strategies - Jörn Boewe and Johannes Schulten 14 Bursting the Bubble: The Emerging Tech Worker Movement at Amazon - Spencer Cox 15 The CEO Has No Clothes: Worker Leadership and Amazon’s Failures During COVID-19 - Dania Rajendra 16 Think Big: Organizing a Successful Amazon Workers’ Movement in the United States by Combining the Strengths of the Left and Organized Labor - Peter Olney and Rand Wilson 17 Amazonians United! An Interview with DCH1 (Chicago) Amazonians United - DCH1 Amazonians United Conclusion: Resisting Amazon Capitalism - Jake Alimahomed-Wilson and Ellen Reese About the Authors Index

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