Following four years of work at the European level, and in the hopes of improving working conditions at Amazon, UNI Global Union has undertaken efforts in organizing workers around the world. In October 2018, their bi-annual meeting, taking place in London, is set to receive the International Transport Federation, and the American and Australian unions. The meeting will go beyond the usual information exchange and focus on the promotion of international solidarity to continue the involvement and coordination of workers, globally.
Amazon.com is the largest internet retailer in the world as measured by market capitalization, and second largest after the Alibaba Group in terms of total sales. For many years now, the company has been developing diversification strategies, such as commercialising cloud services for companies and the development of the ‘Mechanical Turk’ crowdworking platform.
Since its beginnings, Amazon has been criticized for its behaviour towards workers, the working conditions it offers, and its disrupting impact in those sectors of the economy in which it is active.
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