A World to Win: Amazonification w/ Alex Press

<p>Grace talks to Alex Press, staff writer at <i>Jacobin</i>, 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" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/04/amazon-jeff-bezos-union-busting-workers-organize" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/04/amazon-warehouses-fulfillment-centers-unionize-vote-rwdsu" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p>A reminder that you can support our work on the show by <a href="https://www.patreon.com/Aworldtowinpod" rel="nofollow">becoming a Patron</a>.</p><p>Thanks to our producer, Conor Gillies, and <i>Tribune</i>’s designer Kevin Zweerink for their work on this episode. This podcast is supported by the <a href="https://www.lipman-miliband.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">Lipman-Miliband Trust</a>.</p>