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A worker walks inside Amazon's LCY3 Fulfillment Centre in Dartford, east of London, on June 4, 2026, on the second day of company's 'Delivering the Future EMEA '26' event. Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images

Economy and Inequality

Amazon is deploying AI to spy on its workers and bust unions before they form

by Jonathan Rosenblum October 1, 2026October 1, 2026

Internal company documents obtained by a Canadian labor board show how Amazon is tracking workers’ every move.

Ecuadorean activist Donald Moncayo Jimenez (49) chief coordinator of the Union of People Affected by Texaco (UDAPT) shows hydrocarbon waste over an outdoor pool that was used in the process of drilling of the Aguarico 4 oil well, in Lago Agrio, in the Sucumbíos Province, Ecuador, on January 14, 2023. Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: International

‘Defeat for justice’: Ecuador to pay Amazon-polluting Chevron $220 million

by Jessica Corbett December 10, 2025December 10, 2025

Amazon Prime lorries are seen at the Amazon fulfilment centre on December 13, 2021, in London, England.

Economy and Inequality

Amazon fired him for union organizing—1.5 years later, he’s still fighting for accountability

by Maximillian Alvarez November 22, 2023November 24, 2023

Gas flares from a refinery are seen in the Waorani Community of Bameno, Ecuador, on July 28, 2023. Photo by GALO PAGUAY/AFP via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: International

‘Historic and wonderful’: Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in precious Amazon region

by Jake Johnson August 21, 2023March 13, 2024

A woman in a coat and hijab stands on a balcony, behind her is the city of Minneapolis skyline.

How immigrant warehouse workers in Minnesota took on Amazon and won

by Maximillian Alvarez August 9, 2023March 13, 2024

Amazon vans line up at a distribution center to pick up packages for delivery on Amazon Prime Day, July 16, 2019, in Orlando, Florida.

Economy and Inequality

Chasing clicks through ad money, media does PR for Amazon while ignoring human costs of ‘Prime Day Deals’

by Adam Johnson July 22, 2023March 13, 2024

In the foreground, Amazon Labor Union president Christian Smalls can be seen out of the camera's focus. Behind him, in focus, is Sean O'Brien. Sean is middle-aged, bald, bespectacled, and white. He has a blue suit on a maroon tie.

The Teamsters take Amazon

by Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh June 8, 2023March 14, 2024

people walking with signs

Workers of the World

Inside the UK’s first Amazon strike

by Ross Domoney March 15, 2023March 15, 2023

Michelle Valentin Nieves speaks into the microphone as Harry Marino and Maximillian Alvarez listen. All three speakers are seated around a coffee table onstage at Busboys and Poets. There is a bookcase behind them on the left, and a piano behind them on the right.

Organizing workers from Amazon to Minor League Baseball

by Maximillian Alvarez January 10, 2023September 8, 2023