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This one goes out to the Amazon Labor Union.

Sources

https://theintercept.com/2022/04/04/amazon-union-living-wage-restrooms-chat-app/

https://www.reuters.com/business/amazon-labor-organizer-smalls-arrested-faces-trespass-charge-after-dropping-off-2022-02-24/

https://theintercept.com/2022/04/04/amazon-union-living-wage-restrooms-chat-app/

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/04/amazon-union-slams-any-attempt-delay-our-hard-won-right-bargain-collectively

https://jacobinmag.com/2022/04/amazon-labor-union-alu-staten-island-organizing

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/business/amazon-alabama-union-vote-objections.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-union-new-york-staten-island-marijuana-cannabis-jfk8-2022-4?utm_source=reddit.com

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-workers-at-100-more-facilities-want-to-unionize-amazon-labor-union-president-chris-smalls-181900885.html

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/06/1091130929/chris-smalls-amazon-union-50-warehouses

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It takes a special kind of monster to make a career out of abusing work forces. Unfortunately union busters are very good at what they do. How do we combat an outsider whose specific job is to pit workers against each other, and leave the work place a shattered mess?

Sources

Confessions of a Union Buster - Martin Jay Levitt 1993

FIghting Union Busters In a Carolina Carpet Mill : An Organizer’s Memoir - Phil Cohen 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/technology/amazon-unions-virginia.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/technology/amazon-new-york-lawsuit-covid.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/29/business/amazoncom-is-using-the-web-to-block-unions-effort-to-organize.html

https://theintercept.com/2021/02/11/amazon-jobs-security-fbi/

https://web.archive.org/web/20200901153123/https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/1026060/intelligence-analyst

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dp3yn/amazon-leaked-reports-expose-spying-warehouse-workers-labor-union-environmental-groups-social-movements

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4awvvd/leaked-audio-amazon-workers-grill-managers-at-anti-union-meeting

https://twitter.com/sbworkersunited/status/1438508591132987395

https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2711&context=uclrev

https://www.salon.com/2021/06/24/corporations-like-amazon-pay-big-bucks-for-union-avoidance--and-it-all-happens-in-the-dark/

https://theintercept.com/2021/02/10/amazon-alabama-union-busting-koch/

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In this return to programming we go back to basics. JFK8 in Staten Island has been a thorn in Amazon's side for some time, so they bust out the usual bag of tricks to try and keep workers down. So, what can be done?

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-amazon-labor-union?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

https://amazonlaborunion.org/

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/09/22/amazon-facing-charges-it-illegally-fired-activist-workers.html

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/10/21/amazon-warehouse-workers-on-staten-island-to-file-for-union-election.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/21/1047950886/amazon-warehouse-workers-on-staten-island-union-vote-alabama

https://www.nlrb.gov/case/29-CA-285445

https://teamster.org/2021/06/teamsters-pass-amazon-resolution/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-teamsters-organizing-workers-unions-9-amazoncom-facilities-canada-2021-09-17/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/canadian-amazon-facility-files-union-vote-union-2021-09-14/

Confessions if a union buster - Martin J Levitt

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@TheWorstAvery Tells the tale of HQ2 and how it wound up where it is now. What did Amazons new home give up to acquire its newest business partner? Secondly, the question of what does it look like after Amazon puts up distribution centers in new areas? The promise of jobs sounds good on paper, but is it really worth the headache?

@TheWorstAvery

@TheAmazonPod

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-refuses-arizonas-cactus-as-bidders-for-hq2-climb-to-118/

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/Anything/test/images/usa/RFP_3._V516043504_.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/technology/amazon-finalists-headquarters.html

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-names-20-finalists-in-search-for-second-headquarters/

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/03/02/as-we-watch-amazon-its-hq2-decision-makers-are-watching-us.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/13/jeff-bezos-speaks-at-the-economic-club-in-washington-dc.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/technology/amazon-second-headquarters-split.html

https://www.vox.com/2018/11/9/18077342/amazon-hq2-headquarters-jeff-bezos-dc-ny-virginia-long-island-kara-swisher-scott-galloway

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/13/665646050/amazons-grand-search-for-2nd-headquarters-ends-with-split-nyc-and-d-c-suburbo

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/13/amazon-tax-incentives-in-new-york-city-virginia-and-nashville.html

https://ny.curbed.com/2018/11/16/18098589/amazon-hq2-nyc-queens-long-island-city-explained

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/13/business/economy/amazon-hq2-va-long-island-city-incentives.html

https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3712

https://politicsny.com/2018/11/13/some-queens-pols-pushback-against-hq2-coming-to-lic/

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/it-wasn-t-any-one-incident-amazon-rep-says-decision-n971831

https://www.thestreet.com/video/amazon-hq2-town-hall-h-1480873314808733

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/why-new-york-is-paying-amazon-usd3-billion.html

https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2018/11/14/behind-the-deal-how-virginia-landed-amazon-s-hq2.html

https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/c/amazon-asked-arlington-to-remove-total-square-feet.html

https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/2/22262149/amazon-helix-arlington-virginia-design-hq2-campus

https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/552020/

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/whats-the-deal-with-andrew-cuomos-nipples.html#:~:text=As%20the%20world%20falls%20apart,spokesperson%2C%20he%20doesn't.

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Uber, Lyft, Postmates, Doordash and Amazon Flex, whatever app gets you or your food where it needs to go. These are all a part of the gig economy, and much like the regular economy, it can put a significant weight down on the workers who prop it up. Learn about what it takes to keep this machine running, and how it exploits workers in Episode 9 of "The Amazon"

Sources

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-18/labor-gig-companies-are-said-to-be-near-bargaining-deal-in-n-y

https://www.uschamber.com/co/run/human-resources/what-is-a-gig-worker/amp

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnfrazer1/2019/02/15/how-the-gig-economy-is-reshaping-careers-for-the-next-generation/?sh=3ead2b4249ad

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/16/uber-lyft-drivers-california-prop-22

https://www.google.com/amp/s/onezero.medium.com/amp/p/2a8baf6017d8

https://fortunly.com/statistics/gig-economy-statistics/#gref

https://advisorsmith.com/data/most-dangerous-jobs/#:~:text=AdvisorSmith%20studied%20the%20most%20dangerous,Census%20of%20Fatal%20Occupational%20Injuries.&text=On-the-job%20deaths%20have,over%20the%205-year%20period.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/ny.eater.com/platform/amp/2021/4/2/22364128/manhattan-delivery-worker-death-third-party-app-doordash

https://ohsonline.com/articles/2019/12/16/workplace-safety-in-the-gig-economy-is-anyone-actually-paying-attention.aspx?m=1

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/workers-comp/what-gig-workers-need-to-know-about-their-workers-compensation-rights-238367.aspx

https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-8/mobile/fatal-occupational-injuries-to-independent-workers.htm

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2020/02/18/targets-a-gig-economy-company-now-and-that-means.html

https://gizmodo.com/targets-shipt-pay-model-change-cuts-worker-pay-shipter-1841620656

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/gig-workers-fear-carjacking-other-100056638.html

https://lithub.com/the-gig-economy-lower-wages-more-injuries-horrible-benefits/

https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/news/2019/08/23/doordash-promises-delivery-workers-will-earn-more.html

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In this Episode we discuss the possible future with Amazon Rekognition and what that can mean for the average citizen or police department that happens to use this service. Facial recognition technology is already something that makes people afraid, but when you mix it with the power of Amazon there is more that can go wrong than can go right.

Sources

https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/23/17384632/amazon-rekognition-facial-recognition-racial-bias-audit-data

https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/8/18077292/amazon-rekognition-jeff-bezos-andrew-jassy-facial-recognition-ice-rights-violations

https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/20/amazon-shareholder-pressure-face-recognition/

https://www.techrepublic.com/google-amp/article/study-finds-amazons-face-recognition-incorrectly-matches-105-us-and-uk-politicians/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/04/30/amazons-facial-recognition-technology-is-supercharging-local-police/

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-rekognition-police-use-unknown-2020-2?amp

https://gizmodo.com/amazon-workers-demand-jeff-bezos-cancel-face-recognitio-1827037509

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/business/dealbook/amazon-facial-recognition.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-facial-recognition/at-amazon-facial-recognition-ban-won-just-2-of-shareholder-vote-idUSKCN1SU2H5

https://www.thedailybeast.com/amazon-pushes-ice-to-buy-its-face-recognition-surveillance-tech?ref=author

https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/the-facts-on-facial-recognition-with-artificial-intelligence/

https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/customers/

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/rekognition/latest/dg/what-is.html

https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/30/amazon-launches-amazon-ai-to-bring-its-machine-learning-smarts-to-developers/

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/10/874418013/amazon-halts-police-use-of-its-facial-recognition-technology#:~:text=Amazon%20announced%20on%20Wednesday%20a,advocates%20and%20civil%20rights%20groups.&text=IBM%20said%20earlier%20this%20week,the%20facial-recognition%20business%20altogether.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/eight-lawmakers-demand-answers-amazon-facial-recognition-tech-n942476

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/amazon-ring-must-end-its-dangerous-partnerships-police

https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2021/1/31/22258856/amazon-ring-partners-police-fire-security-privacy-cameras

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/facial-recognition-lawsuits-against-amazon-and-microsoft-can-proceed-judge-rules/?amp=1

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For Delivery Service Providers (DSP's) things move quickly, you are pushed to take more routes, hire more people, and move more of Amazon's product. The money can be good, but with everything you have to put in, and with the risk of having your business cut off at any point, many find out that they just took the biggest gamble of their lives.

Sources :

https://logistics.amazon.com/marketing/opportunity

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/two-years-of-empowering-entrepreneurs-with-more-to-come?_amp=true

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/owning-amazon-delivery-business-risks-rewards-economic-realities-tech-giants-new-program-entrepreneurs/amp/

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-controls-delivery-drivers-without-paying-wages-2018-9?amp

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/13/more-than-1200-amazon-delivery-drivers-laid-off.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-14/amazon-ends-ties-to-delivery-partner-erasing-hundreds-of-jobs?sref=ctSjKj2N

https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2020/02/17/108-more-delivery-layoffs-around-tampa-bay-as-amazon-contract-ends/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/amazon-next-day-delivery-deaths

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/layoffs/warn

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Today @TheWorstAvery is going to go over the failed union vote in Bessemer Alabama, and just why the vote failed. The blame isn't totally on the union, Amazon pulled some nasty and possibly illegal tricks in the union vote that could cause a new election, but will it matter? Find out on this Episode of @TheAmazonPod Please follow on twitter and share this with anyone you feel has an interest in workers rights or works at amazon, enjoy! Sources. https://news.gallup.com/poll/318980/approval-labor-unions-remains-high.aspx https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/bessemer-alabama-amazon-union/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/amazon-worker-parody-twitter-acount-darla-on-union-vote-alabama-2021-3%3famp https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/amazon-union-alabama-vote-against/ https://labornotes.org/2008/12/smithfield-wins-union-after-16-year-struggle https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/recode/2021/4/8/22362911/amazon-union-legal-challenge-alabama-vote-results-bessemer https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/amp36081074/bessemer-alabama-amazon-plant-union-vote/ https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/03/30/amazon-loses-effort-to-install-camera-to-watch-ballot-box-in-union-vote.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.al.com/business/2021/04/union-wants-investigation-into-amazon-election-mailbox.html%3foutputType=amp https://www.rwdsu.info/amazon_illegally_interfered_in_union_vote_rwdsu_to_file_objections_and_related_ulp_charges_to_hold_amazon_accountable_for_their_actions https://youtu.be/j8-AS9u4KJ4

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I got lucky enough to interview Max Berger of More Perfect Union (PerfectUnion.Us) Max has been an activist for some time, and has an incredible amount of knowledge when it comes to workers rights. He and More Perfect Union have been on the case of Amazon and Bessemer tracking every illegal activity preformed by Amazon, while getting workers stories about the inhumane treatment in those fulfillment centers. @MaxBerger @MorePerfectUs

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This episode focuses on why Union's are simply a better choice for Amazon workers. Representation is important, and to prove it we look at counterparts in Europe who have the same struggles as American workers, but have done better at organizing. In the end we are all just people who deserve a living wage. Sources https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/business/economy/amazon-wages-alabama-union.amp.html

https://readsludge.com/2021/03/08/amazon-is-paying-nearly-10k-a-day-to-anti-union-consultants/

https://www.bls.gov/regions/southeast/news-release/unionmembers_alabama.htm

https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2020/mobile/nonunion-workers-had-weekly-earnings-81-percent-of-union-members-in-2019.htm

https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2019/mobile/union-workers-more-likely-than-nonunion-workers-to-have-healthcare-benefits-in-2019.htm

https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2019/mobile/union-workers-more-likely-than-nonunion-workers-to-have-retirement-benefits-in-2019.htm

https://www.hellotax.com/blog/amazon/warehouse/locations/

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/business/workers-of-amazon-divergent.html

https://ecommercenews.eu/amazon-in-europe/?amp

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-30/amazon-has-a-europe-problem-unions-and-regulators-are-circling

https://www.verdi.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/++co++08c448c2-c46b-11e2-ba80-0019b9e321cb

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/25/german-amazon-employees-strike-pay

https://www.ft.com/content/8037a844-9de8-11e2-bea1-00144feabdc0

https://jacobinmag.com/2016/03/amazon-poland-poznan-strikes-workers

https://theconversation.com/tech-innovators-start-to-see-old-fashioned-benefits-of-collective-bargaining-100164

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Today we talk about how the Covid-19 pandemic has taken its toll on the work and lives of Amazon's work force. The problems were exacerbated by Amazon's neglect for their employees, and that neglect lead to new leaders being brought on to fight for workers and their rights.

Sources

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/how-were-taking-care-of-employees-during-covid-19?_amp=true

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/15/tech/amazon-warehouse-coronavirus-cases-data/index.html

https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7j7mb/amazon-delivery-drivers-are-overwhelmed-and-overworked-by-covid-19-surge

https://www.vice.com/en/article/935wq5/amazon-delivery-driver-says-he-was-fired-for-asking-about-coronavirus

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-dropping-covid-19-hazard-pay-warehouse-workers-may-2020-5

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/01/amazon-workers-

covid-positive/?outputType=amp

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/amazon-recognizing-front-line-employees-with-an-additional-special-bonus-this-holiday-season

https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-05-27/la-fi-tn-amazon-worker-dead-hiring-wave?_amp=true

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/health/nearly-20-000-amazon-employees-contract-covid-19/1993052

https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2021/3/22/22345094/amazon-queens-warehouse-workers-labor-law-covid-19

https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/amazon-made-this-injured-warehouse-worker-sit-10-hours-a-day-doing-nothing/

https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/12/amazon-faces-lawsuit-alleging-failure-to-provide-ppe-to-workers-during-pandemic/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90ZWNoY3J1bmNoLmNvbS8yMDIxLzAyLzA3L2FtYXpvbi13YXJlaG91c2Utd29ya2Vycy1iZWdpbi1oaXN0b3JpYy12b3RlLXRvLXVuaW9uaXplLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABV6eUSQgWKvHstEEhPba5gt6e9sviNHDj3E7tEIG25VV08oxazESzAFNkHfT40UTbMDq_M3Vbyy_f7KCLXQ4HtXGUB2vFw6xS5DgaJfNvz9AdEVVIaKkhGzQ9zIQLZCC9uVXpQiFEaSlZKAW2_qfKFfIKjOYx8521qRoezgq_Gn

https://labornotes.org/2020/05/how-amazon-workers-are-organizing-long-haul

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/17/968568042/new-york-sues-amazon-for-covid-19-workplace-safety-failures

https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/amazon-workers-in-staten-island-protest-coronavirus-working-conditions/

https://abc7ny.com/amp/amazon-walkout-instacart-strike-coronavirus-nyc-grocery-delivery/6080614/

https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/3/30/21199942/amazon-warehouse-coronavirus-covid-new-york-protest-walkout

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/amazons-heavily-automated-hr-leaves-workers-in-sick-leave-limbo

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/amazon-warehouse-workers-staten-island-walkout-coronavirus/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15HUGc7R8hw

https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/6/21203949/amazon-little-village-dch1-coronavirus-covid-19-christian-zamarron-domonic-wilkerson

https://tcoew.org/

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In the first ever Minisode we go over a Twitter feud that lead to many associates taking pictures of bottles they urinate in, so that's neat, and on top of it we briefly discuss who David Clark is, and Why Killer Mike and Bernie Sanders are a bromance we should all enjoy, before speaking about what is currently happening in Bessemer. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.digitalcommerce360.com/2016/04/08/amazon-names-jeff-wilke-ceo-its-worldwide-consumer-business/amp/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/fortune.com/2020/08/22/who-is-dave-clark-amazon-worldwide-consumer-ceo/amp/

https://theintercept.com/2021/03/25/amazon-drivers-pee-bottles-union/ https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/3anw9k/amazon-sends-vote-no-instructions-to-unionizing-employees-tells-them-to-use-new-mailbox&ved=2ahUKEwjR643x6c7vAhXcFVkFHShQDkMQFjAHegQIGBAC&usg=AOvVaw0FkJgBwpq3sy8vFOjSj7Fu&ampcf=1

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In this episode we talk about the people who make last mile delivery possible, the delivery associates, and their Delivery Service Providers (otherwise known as DSP's) both go through the ringer when dealing with the big bosses on top. The pace of work once again puts the most vulnerable people in the worst position.

Sources

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazons-jeff-bezos-looks-to-the-future/

https://www.kuebix.com/the-high-costs-of-final-mile-delivery/

https://cheddar.com/media/amazon-replacing-usps-with-own-delivery-network.amp

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/owning-amazon-delivery-business-risks-rewards-economic-realities-tech-giants-new-program-entrepreneurs/amp/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/amazon-next-day-delivery-deaths

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/05/us/amazon-delivery-drivers-accidents.html

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-documents-show-how-amazon-chose-speed-over-safety-in-building-its-delivery-network/amp

https://features.propublica.org/amazon-delivery-crashes/how-amazon-hooked-america-on-fast-delivery-while-avoiding-responsibility-for-crashes/

https://www.propublica.org/article/truck-delivering-amazon-holiday-packages-fateful-crash-family-that-will-never-be-the-same

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/amazon-next-day-delivery-deaths

https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy8n3j/amazon-delivery-drivers-forced-to-sign-biometric-consent-form-or-lose-job

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No matter how many news stories you have had about Amazon's working conditions, the whole story is still hard to grasp. From physical pain to emotional distress Amazon breaks their workers to bits, and then replaces them once they're no longer able to work.

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In the first episode of "The Amazon" we talk briefly about Amazon's history with Union attempts and just how far they will go to not give workers a fair say in their warehouses. From misinfomation to spying, Amazon seems to stop at nothing to scare off any attempts. This hasnt detered the people of Bessemer Alabama who as of publication are in the middle of the first union vote at Amazon since 2014.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/02/amazon-union-warehouse-workers/

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