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| RT’s Boom Bust looks at the battle between Amazon and its workers over better pay and benefits | RT’s Boom Bust looks at the battle between Amazon and its workers over better pay and benefits |
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| The latest Amazon workers’ strike in Italy is a sign of the increasing pressure the e-commerce giant faces in Europe and the US over alleged labor law violations, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic. | The latest Amazon workers’ strike in Italy is a sign of the increasing pressure the e-commerce giant faces in Europe and the US over alleged labor law violations, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic. |
| Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, filed with the National Labor Relations Board to hold a unionization vote back in November 2020. The company, owned by the world’s richest person, Jeff Bezos, has run a massive campaign to counter the efforts of its employees to unionize. | Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, filed with the National Labor Relations Board to hold a unionization vote back in November 2020. The company, owned by the world’s richest person, Jeff Bezos, has run a massive campaign to counter the efforts of its employees to unionize. |
| READ MORE: Thousands of Amazon workers in Italy go on strike in row over labor conditions | READ MORE: Thousands of Amazon workers in Italy go on strike in row over labor conditions |
| “We know that Amazon spent millions of dollars on union-busting tactics in Alabama,” former Amazon employee Christian Smalls told Boom Bust, adding that he talked to people employed by the mega-retailer in Bessemer just weeks ago. | “We know that Amazon spent millions of dollars on union-busting tactics in Alabama,” former Amazon employee Christian Smalls told Boom Bust, adding that he talked to people employed by the mega-retailer in Bessemer just weeks ago. |
| “I can tell you now, the workers were receiving a lot of misinformation,” he said. | “I can tell you now, the workers were receiving a lot of misinformation,” he said. |
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