The findings, said one expert, “show that the uncertain future is happening now.”
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Amazon Rainforest at ‘Tipping Point,’ End Fossil Fuel Financing
BREAKING: New research by @Standearth & @AmazonWatch found @JPMorgan, @HSBC, @DeutscheBank, @GoldmanSachs & @Citi at “very high-risk” of funding the destruction of the Amazon. Urge these banks to adopt an Amazon oil exclusion policy immediately. https://t.co/kdhEOxtRG9 pic.twitter.com/8jSo9cUrBF
— Stand.earth (@standearth) July 8, 2021
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Amazon crushed the Alabama union drive – can the Teamsters do better?
The Teamsters union is rich, strong, and experienced – and it’s ready to help workers and give Amazon a headache
Source: Amazon crushed the Alabama union drive – can the Teamsters do better? | Amazon | The Guardian
Necropolitics in the Amazon
As usual, the Amazon is on the frontlines of the war for the appropriation of the natural world. Most people when they hear ‘Amazon’, think only of Brazil. And while the situation in that country certainly is alarming, the battlefields of the Amazon region span northern Bolivia, various departments of Peru, several areas of Ecuador and southern Colombia and Venezuela. More
Primed, a New Podcast About Amazon
The first episode of Primed, a new series from Jacobin Radio about Amazon, is out now.
Corporations Are Trying to Co-opt Mindfulness to Avoid Meeting Workers’ Needs
Toiling under surveillance, Amazon workers watch company videos about mindfulness in “ZenBooths” in the warehouses.
Source: Corporations Are Trying to Co-opt Mindfulness to Avoid Meeting Workers’ Needs
Why the PRO Act is a Game-Changer for Labor and the Economy –
Among the many reasons behind the recent failure of Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, to form a union was their employer’s intimidation tactics about what a union would mean for workers. The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) in its response to the disappointing vote against unionization released a statement saying, “Amazon interfered More
Source: Why the PRO Act is a Game-Changer for Labor and the Economy – CounterPunch.org
The Nation: How labor can leverage the current antitrust revival to advance unionization at Amazon and other giant corporations.
A Worldwide Workers’ Revolt Against Amazon Has Begun
Bessemer was just the beginning. Amazon workers from Italy to India are uniting to form a global movement that may have found Jeff Bezos’s Achilles heel.
Source: A Worldwide Workers’ Revolt Against Amazon Has Begun – In These Times
Amazon Workers’ Defeat: The Trusts Are Back
On Friday, April 9th, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union was defeated in its effort to organize Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, AL. The union accuses Amazon of unfairly interfering with the vote and plans to appeal. However disappointing is the Amazon defeat, it signals something more telling. During the fin de siècle and the early-20th century, large corporations cornered whole segments of America’s economy using predatory pricing, exclusivity deals and other anti-competitive practices to undercut smaller local businesses. And numerous strikes were defeated, often leading striking workers injured, arrested or killed. More
Source: Amazon Workers’ Defeat: The Trusts Are Back – CounterPunch.org
