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The union drive Amazon is truely scared of is not of warehouse workers, its of their very hard to replace, highly skilled tech workers. FC workers are on the p
by ipsocannibal 6y ago
The union drive Amazon is truely scared of is not of warehouse workers, its of their very hard to replace, highly skilled tech workers. FC workers are on the path to elimination through reliance on robotics. The last steps to full automation, automating picking and packing, are being chipped away by new boxing machines for example. Amazon currently estimates it could have the tech to fully automate all FC's in about 10 years. However, Amazon knows that if FC workers can beat them then other groups are soon to follow, groups with much more education, resources, political connections, and leverage. This is why they fired Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa over their tweats. They needed to show tech workers that if you publically support FC workers in their drive for better working conditions you will be fired. If you want to really bring Amazon to heel then unionize the tech workers.
Refs:
1. https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-reportedly-uses-boxing-machines-to-replace-people/ https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-reportedly-uses-boxing-mach...
2. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-warehouse-idUSKCN1S74B9 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-warehouse-idUS...
3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/13/amazon-workers-fired/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/13/amazon-...