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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
5 Automation and the Surveillance-Driven Warehouse in Inland Southern California
6 Gender, Race, and Amazon Warehouse Labor in the United States
7 A New Industrial Working Class? Challenges in Disrupting Amazon’s Fulfillment Process in Germany
8 A Struggle for Bodies and Souls: Amazon Management and Union Strategies in France and Italy
PART III COMMUNITIES CONFRONTING THE E-COMMERCE GIANT
9 Company Town: What Happens to a City and its Democracy when Amazon Dominates?
10 Lessons from New York City’s Struggle Against Amazon HQ2 in Long Island City
Steve Lang and Filip Stabrowski
12 Worker and Community Organizing to Challenge Amazon’s Algorithmic Threat
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
15 The CEO Has No Clothes: Worker Leadership and Amazon’s Failures During COVID-19
17 Amazonians United! An Interview with DCH1 (Chicago) Amazonians United
Conclusion: Resisting Amazon Capitalism
Jake Alimahomed-Wilson and Ellen Reese
List of Figures and Tables
FIGURES
11.1 Slowing growth in warehousing, distribution, and transportation in Inland Southern California
TABLES
1.1 Amazon global facilities as of June 2019
5.1 Employment and job characteristics of interview sample
5.2 Social characteristics of interview sample
8.1 General data on Amazon Fulfillment Centers in France and Italy
11.1 Amazon facilities in Inland Southern California
11.2 Spatial inequality in Southern California
13.1 Trade union density in European countries, 2018 (percentage of employed workers belonging to a union)
We dedicate this book to all the workers and communities
impacted by Amazon capitalism.
Acknowledgments
The editors wish to acknowledge and thank our families for their support in making this book possible, especially given the many challenges of juggling work, home schooling our kids, and family life amidst the COVID-19 crisis.
First and foremost, Jake is grateful for all the love, support, motivation, and inspiration he received from his partner, Sabrina Alimahomed-Wilson and their