There's an increasing sense that these workers too have some sense of leverage, ause amazon simply needs to be everywhere. If they cannot build a warehouse and staff it, or if there are problems within that warehouse, as far as workers fighting for different working conditions, the entire sort of empire falls very quickly. And you do see that with amazon's efforts to rquell any sense of organizing within the warehouses,. especially again, as it just expands more and more.
Guest host Gabriel Winant interviews labor journalists Alex Press and Jonah Furman, as well as IATSE member Victor P. Bouzi.
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Listen to Victor's podcast WAIT, Why Am I Talking? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-why-am-i-talking/id1515308564
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