A Sober Look at Amazon’s Automation Drive

As Amazon rolls out its millionth robot on the warehouse floor, it is important to recognize that the company is not any closer to ridding itself of the burden of human labor. Amazon can still be unionized.

Capitalists are always keen to “reduce the cost of labour” (eg Billionaire Jeff “bossy boots” Bezos) https://jacobin.com/2025/12/amazon-robots-automation-workforce-ai

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A Sober Look at Amazon’s Automation Drive

As Amazon rolls out its millionth robot on the warehouse floor, it is important to recognize that the company is not any closer to ridding itself of the burden of human labor. Amazon can still be unionized.

Breaking News!

The Amazon Worker No. 2 is out! In the second issue of our AWI newspaper we collected again interesting articles from different warehouses all over the world from Amazon workers for Amazon workers.…

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To Unionize Amazon, Disrupt the Flow

Organizing logistics behemoths like Amazon and Walmart will require the labor movement to figure out how to disrupt the flow of goods across the supply chain rather than simply organizing individual workplaces — and that requires a major rethinking of organizing strategy.

Breaking the Silence – Testimonies of Amazon Warehouse Workers in India - Transnational Social Strike Platform

Download the full Report by AIWU here: “Breaking the Silence” In April, we met Amazon India Workers Union (AIWU) organizers at the Amazon Workers International (AWI) meeting held in Leipzig. We are now republishing "Breaking the Silence", a powerful report by AIWU that collects firsthand testimonies from DEL4 warehouse workers in Gurugram, south of New Delhi, exposing...

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Warehouse Workers Power NYC’s Fashion Industry. Now, They’re Unionizing

Minutes from the high-end boutiques of SoHo in Manhattan sits Bergen Logistics’ fulfillment facility in North Bergen, New Jersey, where workers sort, package, and ship hundreds of packages a day for luxury fashion brands including Acne Studios, Kenzo, and Phillip Lim. The workers themselves can’t realistically afford the ornate gowns and crisp suits they ship to online shoppers. Some work two jobs just to stay afloat, and rush to keep up with unit-per-hour expectations.

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Producers of “Love Island” Announce Punk Spin-Off “Promiscuous Warehouse”

The producers of the hit reality dating show “Love Island” announced a punk spin-off titled “Promiscuous Warehouse.”

The Hard Times

Feb 2025. 4,000 #warehouseworkers at #Amazon in #NorthCarolina vote on a union. Bosses “mobilized an army” ahead of the election, siccing local police on organizers and trying to pit black and Hispanic workers against each other.

https://jacobin.com/2025/02/amazon-union-north-carolina-racism

#frombelow #labormovement #organize #solidarity #unions #CAUSE #Amazon #NorthCarolina

Ahead of Workers’ Union Vote, “Amazon Mobilized an Army”

Today 4,000 Amazon workers at a North Carolina warehouse will finish voting on a union. Employees say the company “mobilized an army” ahead of the election, siccing local police on organizers and trying to pit black and Hispanic workers against each other.

Amazon’s Closure of Quebec Operations due to Anti-Union Retaliation – Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC-CTI)

Amazon’s Closure of Quebec Operations due to Anti-Union Retaliation – Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC-CTI)