Organizing Amazon

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.

"Particularly valuable to readers familiar with UK labor relations [while] those outside the UK will be most informed by the analysis of rank-and-file worker leadership development, likely relevant to the success of union organizing efforts worldwide. Recommended." CHOICE

• 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