The Cost of Free Shipping by Jake Alimahomed-Wilson

The Cost of Free Shipping by Jake Alimahomed-Wilson

'Amazon Capitalism' grows ever stronger. This book provides the answers on how to fight the company's terrifying omnipotence.

'Drawing on deep and wide-ranging scholarship, this compelling collection provides heartening evidence of push-back by communities and organised labour against AmazonEssential reading.'

-- Kirsty Newsome, Professor of Employment Relations, Sheffield University

A must-read for scholars and activists alike. This stellar collection of essays documents exploitation and resistance at Amazon across the globe.

-- Carolina Bank Muñoz, Tow Professor of Sociology, City University of New York

'This important and timely book on Amazon's global empire is a must read for those who are concerned about economic inequality, massive public surveillance, and the threat to worker rights and democracy around the world'

-- Kent Wong, Director, UCLA Labor Center

'This brilliant compilation of essays shows us how, like Walmart before it, Amazon has risen to global dominance through shrewd use of technology, data systems and supply chains, and also by skirting and breaking laws'

-- Professor Stephanie Luce, School of Labor and Urban Studies, CUNY

'More than a book about Amazon. It is about the transition in global capitalism and its implications not only for Amazon's workforce, but on the global working class'

-- Bill Fletcher, Jr., executive editor of globalafricanworker.com

'An excellent book … it is clearly written and contains a stack of information about Amazon’s practices and the resistance they are generating'

-- Socialist Book Reviews

'Those hoping to build more power for workers have much to learn from this book’s examination of organizing within Amazon'

-- Labor Notes

'Offers important insights into Amazon’s insidious nature, the challenges of organizing, and also some glimmers of organizing success at the local and national levels'

-- Jonathan Rosenblum, Jacobin

'Absolutely essential reading for every driver, warehouse associate, and tech worker at Amazon'

-- Anonymous Amazon worker, Stansbury Forum

Jake Alimahomed-Wilson is Professor of Sociology at California State University, Long Beach. He is the author of Solidarity Forever? Race, Gender, and Unionism in the Ports of Southern California (Lexington Books, 2016), and the editor of Choke Points (Pluto, 2018).

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ISBN 13	9780745341484
ISBN 10	0745341489
Title	The Cost of Free Shipping
Author	Jake Alimahomed-Wilson
Series	Wildcat
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pluto Press
Year published	2020-09-20
Number of pages	320
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.