Amazon Cuts 16,000 Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs
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The workers used creative, disruptive tactics to win. Their victory holds lessons for the global labor movement.
Whether workers can organize Amazon will be pivotal for the fate of the labor movement worldwide. Initial victories in Coventry, England, and elsewhere show that when unions put serious resources into organizing, they can win. There is no bright future for ...
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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Riverside, California, staged a walkout protest on the early hours of Tuesday, December 16, calling for fairer pay, and the right to unionize.
Amazon, the second-largest employer in the US, announced plans in October to hire 250,000 workers across the United States for the holiday season, including warehouse workers and drivers. The jobs are mostly temporary, with seasonal workers paid around $19 ...