Organizing Amazon

Building Worker Power Under Conditions of Fragmentation, Precarity and Regimentation

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

Between August 2022 and July 2024, GMB Union membership at Amazon’s BHX4 Coventry warehouse skyrocketed, with 37 days of strike action resulting in a 28.5% pay rise. Yet despite this, the union narrowly lost a ballot that would have forced Amazon to grant formal recognition. Based on ethnographic research and reflective essays from worker-leaders and organizers, this book offers a rich case study of the factors contributing to the union’s successes and setbacks. It provides a practical organizing model applicable beyond Amazon, offering strategies to engage the workforce, sustain support and develop leadership. An essential toolkit for those navigating the complexities of evolving labour practices, with particular relevance for precarious workers and workplaces where access is limited.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-09-01
Mått:140 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt:198 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:160
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781529254297

Utforska kategorier

Arbetsmarknaden inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Arbetsrätt inom Juridik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Tom Vickers is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the GMB-NTU Work Futures Research Observatory at Nottingham Trent University. He has been engaged with movements resisting capitalism exploitation and oppression for more than two decades.

Recensioner i media

"Organizing Amazon represents the pinnacle challenge facing the global labor movement, and among the sites of struggle, Coventry, England, stands out as a premier example of how workers can build and sustain a union in the face of Amazon's relentless union-busting. The book relays vital stories - told from the Coventry shop floor with passion and detail. Anyone attempting a serious organizing campaign at Amazon needs to study and apply the rich lessons it offers." Jonathan Rosenblum, Organizer and author of Beyond $15: Immigrant Workers, Faith Activists, and the Revival of the Labor Movement

Innehållsförteckning

1. IntroductionEssay 1: What We Have Achieved Is Not a List of Accomplishments, It’s a Transformation - Ceferina Floresca Javier2. Introducing the GMB Union Essay 2: Managing an Organising Team in the Amazon Campaign - Amanda Gearing3. Reaching the Whole WorkforceEssay 3: How Amazon Tried To Persuade Workers Against the Union - Louveza IqbalEssay 4: Stopping, Watching and Listening: The Importance of Mindfulness for Organising - Rachel Fagan4. Sustaining Action and Engagement Essay 5: Reflections on the Fight for Statutory Union Recognition at BHX4 - Stuart Richards5. Developing LeadershipEssay 6: Representing Members Inside Amazon - Paramanathan PradeepEssay 7: Agitate, Educate, Organise! How We Trained and Developed Workplace Leaders - Tom Rigby6. Responding to Workers’ Needs and ConcernsEssay 8: Applying Personal Experience and Community Work in Organising at Amazon - Ferdousara Uddin7. Building Wider SupportEssay 9: Why We Need an International Alliance Against Amazon - Garfield Hylton8. Principles of the Coventry Model9. ConclusionAppendix 1. Case Study Questions for TeachingAppendix 2. Methodology: An Activist EthnographyAppendix 3. Coding Framework