On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 12:01 PM Steven L. Robinson via groups.io <srobin21= [email protected]> wrote:
> *The Amazon Imperative: Unions Must Join Forces* > > *By Peter Olney and Rand Wilson/Labor Notes/ February 12, 2026* > > The tentacles of the global logistics juggernaut Amazon reach into every > corner of the economy, gripping the planet and workers. Amazon dominates > retail e-commerce with a 40 percent market share. It is making major > inroads into health care (One Medical), grocery (Whole Foods), Hollywood > (Amazon Studios MGM), information technology (Amazon Web Services), and > artificial intelligence. > > Amazon’s operations are full of flashpoints for potential resistance. Its > warehouses are rife with safety violations and record injury rates. Its web > services collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, > facilitating the Trump administration’s assault on workers and rights. > > Its stranglehold includes sectors where workers have major leverage > because they are key to the economy. Take international transport, where > Amazon is now a Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier > <https://www2.fmc.gov/oti/NVOCC.aspx>, meaning it provides shipping > services for customers without owning any ships. There has even been > speculation that Amazon might seek to operate the Port of Pittsburg, > California—upriver from Oakland—to bypass the power of the dockworkers in > the Oakland Bay Area, and eventually have its own fleet of ships. > > The stakes are high for U.S. labor. If we are going to remain relevant, > unions must meet the challenge of building worker power at such a behemoth > by making Amazon organizing a project of the entire labor movement. It will > require bold initiatives and an ecumenical approach. Organizing Amazon is our > do-or-die test > <https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/labor-union-amazon-organizing>. > > > Full at: > > > https://www.labornotes.org/2026/02/amazon-imperative-unions-must-join-forces > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40672): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/40672 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117811313/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
