Amazon workers and the future of labor in America
View on the web   The real cost of Amazon Since the start of the pandemic, Amazon has been mired by internal conflict. As warehouse workers demand better conditions and pay, corporate employees are becoming their allies. The unrest has captured the attention of lawmakers and threatens to tarnish Amazon's public image.
Amazon is acutely aware of the problem. In a recent public relations campaign, the company sought to celebrate its "retail heroes" working for $15 an hour in warehouses around the country. Internally, Amazon has fired several employees who have spoken out against working conditions, especially the company's shortcomings in protecting warehouse workers from getting sick. And many of these conflicts are rooted in a history of tension between warehouse and corporate workers at Amazon, making the emerging alliances all the more powerful.
Recode's Shirin Ghaffary and Jason Del Rey spoke to dozens of current and former Amazon employees who paint a concerning picture of turmoil at the company. Ultimately, they found that the struggle Amazon workers face during the pandemic also has ramifications for the American economy as a whole. | New York's Kara Swisher and NYU Professor Scott Galloway bring you a five-part livestream event series on how Covid-19 will transform the global economy — and what that means for tech, media, and commerce.
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