[Marxism] Amazon.com and labour issues

[Jay Andrew Allen]

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Richard Menec <menecraj at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Does anyone have, in their files, information about labour issues at
> Amazon.com? Worker benefits/perks if any, or treatment of workers
> generally?
>
>
Have you tried contacting WashTech, the WA state tech labor union? They may
have information they're willing to share.

According to David Sirota, WashTech attempted to unionize at
amazon.comyears ago, with dismal results:

http://www.washtech.org/news/inthenews/display.php?ID_Content=5240

They apparently did have some success in getting 500 laid-off customer
service workers a better severance:

http://www.networkworld.com/forum/2001/0604faceoffyes.html

-J-

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