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‘They track our every move’: why the cards were stacked against a union at Amazon – The Conversation AU
Employees at Amazon knew they were under constant surveillance and that the company had a history of sacking those who were pro-union.
Working at an Amazon warehouse is no easy thing. The shifts are long. The pace is super-fast. You are constantly being watched and monitored. They seem to think you are just another machine.
So testified Jennifer Bates before a US Senate Budget Committee hearing into income and wealth inequality on March 17. Less than a month later her co-workers at Amazons fulfilment centre in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 1,798 to 738 against allowing the Retail, Wholesale and Department Stores Union into their workplace…
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