Thursday, 22 December 2016 / TRUTH-OUT.ORG
  • $1 of Every $2 Spent Online Goes to Amazon. Can We Break the Company's Stranglehold?

    By Mario Vasquez, Truthout | Report

    Amazon Books, for now the online retailer's sole physical bookstore, at the University Village mall in Seattle, March 9, 2016. (Photo: Michael Hanson / The New York Times) Amazon Books, for now the online retailer's sole physical bookstore, at the University Village mall in Seattle, March 9, 2016. (Photo: Michael Hanson / The New York Times)

    In nearly half the US states, Amazon generates billions of dollars without employing a single person. A new study documents how the online behemoth drags down labor standards and local economies. Now the union of pilots who fly Amazon's fleet of cargo planes is fighting back and offering a model for resistance.

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