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'They track our every move': why the cards were stacked against a union at Amazon

  • Written by Michael Walker, Adjunct Fellow, Centre for Workforce Futures, Macquarie University

“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...

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