A World to Win // Amazonification w/ Alex Press

<p>Grace talks to Alex Press, staff writer at Jacobin, about Amazon’s ruthless exploitation of its workforce, its deeply embedded culture of union busting, and its avoidance of basic labour regulation in its mission to become the ‘everything store’ — as well as how workers are coming together to resist the company.</p> <p>You can read Alex’s recent work on Amazon and unions <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/04/joe-biden-100-days-labor-movement-unions-pro-act">here</a>, <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/04/amazon-jeff-bezos-union-busting-workers-organize">here</a>, and <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/04/amazon-warehouses-fulfillment-centers-unionize-vote-rwdsu">here</a>.</p> <p>A reminder that you can support our work on the show by <a href="https://www.patreon.com/Aworldtowinpod">becoming a Patron</a>.</p> <p>Thanks to our producer, Conor Gillies, and Tribune’s designer Kevin Zweerink for their work on this episode. This podcast is supported by the <a href="https://www.lipman-miliband.org.uk/">Lipman-Miliband Trust</a>.</p>