Amazon yakakura yekugovera network inoshamisa. Iko kune isingaonekwe lacework yekutarisa algorithms uye yekunyepedzera kungwara. Kune anooneka tsoka tsoka: marori, marobhoti, hulking matura.
Uye ipapo kune vashandi. Zvinotora zvinopfuura mamiriyoni evanhu, mazhinji acho anobhadharwa zvishoma uye anoshandiswa zvakanyanya, kutora, kuronga, kuburitsa, kutumira, nekuendesa mapakeji kumasuo evatengi mukati memazuva eodha.
Svondo rapfuura vashandi vakatora chinangwa chekuvhiringa iyi symphony yehupfumi hwevanhu nekufamba mumhando ina dzakasiyana dzekuchengetera zvinhu mukambani yekutakura zvinhu - muchinjiko-dock padyo neChicago, chiteshi chekutakura uye nzvimbo yekuzadzikisa padyo neAtlanta, uye muSouthern California, imwe yenzvimbo. mahombe emhepo ekambani.
Mafambiro acho akange asina kurongeka pakati. Asi zvese zvakarongerwa nguva yekupindirana neyekambani Prime Day promotional sales rush, iyo yakaitwa muna October 10 kusvika ku12.
Pakati pezvivakwa izvi, vashandi vanoti vakawandirwa uye vanobhadharwa mari shoma, vachidzvanywa nekukwira kwemitengo yezvinhu uye nemamiriro akashata.
Funga nezvekuramwa mabasa kwega kwega semuyedzo mudiki. Speed ndiyo mhando yeAmazon, uye hombe yayo yekuchengetera uye zvinhu cheni yakagadzirirwa kufambisa zvinhu nekukurumidza. Chero kukanganisa kana kunonoka kunopa vashandi simba.
ZVINONYANYA PACHENI
"Unowana sei chinhu chakaitwa nemaoko kubva kubhizinesi diki kumaruwa Connecticut kune mutengi muLos Angeles?" Abvunzwa kuburitswa kweAmazon gore rapfuura, kusimudzira iyo itsva air hub muSan Bernardino, California. "Mutsetse wakatwasuka mudenga, nekuda kweAmazon Air nezviuru zvevashandi vanoshamisa."
Avo vashandi vanoshamisa vava chikamu cheboka rinonzi Inland Empire Amazon Workers United, inotsigirwa neTeamsters uye Warehouse Worker Resource Center.
zana masikati nehusiku vashandi vanochinja pamhepo hub, mumwe we anopfuura gumi nemaviri hubs munyika, akabuda muna Gumiguru 14 mushure mekunge kambani yakundikana kusangana neyavo inoda kuwedzera mubhadharo kusvika kumadhora makumi maviri nemaviri paawa, kuvandudza hutano nekuchengetedza mwero mumamiriro ekushanda anopisa, uye kumisa kutsiva.
Zvichakadaro muJoliet, padyo neChicago, vashandi makumi mashanu vepamharadzano yechiteshi chengarava MDW50 vakasiya basa Gumiguru 2, vachida mitemo yakasimba yehutano nekuchengetedza uye kukwidzwa kwemuhoro kusvika pamadhora makumi maviri nemashanu paawa.
Nzvimbo yekuyambuka-dock inzvimbo yepakati apo zvigadzirwa zvinorongedzerwa uye zvinogoverwa kunzvimbo dzekuzadzikisa dzedunhu pasina kubirwa kana kuchengetwa. Iyo iri muJoliet inoshandisa vashandi pakati pe1,000 ne2,000, zvichienderana nemwaka wekuhaya peaks.
Zuva rakatevera, vashandi gumi nevaviri vakabuda paATL2, nzvimbo yekuzadzikisa muStone Mountain, Georgia, vachiratidzira kusarongeka kwemaitiro ebasa, mamiriro ekushanda asina kuchengetedzeka, uye mubhadharo wakaderera. Kuzadzikiswa nzvimbo ndiko kunochengeterwa maodha evatengi, kutorwa, kurongedzerwa uye kutumirwa.
Uye pachiteshi chekutumira DGE9 muBuford, Georgia, vashandi vakabuda muna Gumiguru 11 na12 - vanhu gumi nevaviri zuva rekutanga, gumi nemaviri rinotevera - vachiratidzira kutadza kweAmazon kuita izvo zvavakanga vaita muchikumbiro chechirimo: maawa makumi maviri nemana ekubhadharwa. nguva yekuzorora uye $ 24 base wage.
Delivery zviteshi ndiyo yekupedzisira kumira mune yekambani logistics cheni. Iwo akakosha kune vimbiso yeAmazon yekukurumidza zuva rimwe chete kusvika kwemazuva maviri kutakura.
RAINBOWS DIMMED
Alfonso Rodriguez anoyeuka achinzwa kugamuchirwa paakatanga paSan Bernardino air hub muna Chikumi 2021, achifamba munzvimbo yebasa yakashongedzwa nemiraraungu ye LGBTQ Pride Month. Asi murarabungu wakabva wadzima paakaziva mamiriro ekushanda.
Yaiva chirimo chinopisa; vashandi vakarekodha kupisa kwe96-degree mukati mendege dzinotakura zvinhu uye matirakita-matirakita, nepo tembiricha patara yakakwira kusvika 110.
Rodriguez mumiriri wekudzidza, ane mhosva yekudzidzisa vashandi vatsva. Asi "pakasvika Mbudzi ndakanga ndisisade kudzidzisa vanhu," akadaro, nekuti zvairwadza kuona vaaidzidzira vachibata basa uye vachitambura pasina kuputika kwemvura panguva yekupisa kwerekodhi.
Munguva yezororo reKisimusi, Amazon yakazivisa pasina chiziviso chekuti imba yekuchengetera yaizovharwa kwemazuva maviri, zvisingatarisirwe ichicheka muhoro wevashandi wekuenda kumba. Chikumbiro chekupikisa kuvharwa kwakatanga chirongwa chekutanga chekuronga cheair hub.
Anna Ortega aive munzira yekuve mubatsiri wezvekuita, basa riri padyo nemanejimendi, apo mumwe waanoshanda naye akaenda kwaari kuti asaine chikumbiro. Akaramba.
“Ndakatya zvikuru kunyoresa pakutanga. Ndaifunga kuti vachadzingwa basa,” akadaro. “Hapana akadzingwa basa. Uye ivo vakawana Amazon kuti iite shanduko yenyika [kupa vashandi chiziviso chekuvharwa]. "
Akabatana nevashandi biyake muchiitiko chavo chinotevera, vachipa chikumbiro chekuti muhoro wemadhora mashanu ukwidzwe. Nenguva isipi akatanga kushamisika, "Hei, ko kana tikabatana?"
'NGOTENDA'
Vashandi vakatanga kuvaka dare rokuronga. Vakaramba vachifora bamukuru. Muna Chikunguru vakaendesa chikumbiro-chemasaini 800.
Vatungamiri vakaenderera mberi nekugumbura, vachiunza anti-union consultants. Muna Nyamavhuvhu vanopfuura 150 vashandi vakasiya basa, maererano The Washington Post. (Amazon yakati yaingova 74 chete.)
Mushure mekufamba, Amazon yakakwidza mubairo nemasendi makumi mapfumbamwe paawa pamasikati ehusiku mashifiti uye masendi makumi masere nemashanu pahusiku hwevhiki. Asi vashandi vanga vachida madhora mashanu. Uye zvino vakanga vatarisana nokutsiva, kutariswa, uye kumwe kupisa kwomuviri.
Mamaneja akatangawo kutumira vashandi pamusoro pemanera mumaconveyor e-crossbelt kuti vabvise mapasuru akadonha, basa raimboitwa nenyanzvi dzekugadzirisa dzakadzidziswa.
"Vanga vachititumira kunzvimbo idzi dzakasimba, dzakatsvikinyidzana," Ortega akadaro. “Kunopisa. Hapana kufefetedza. Kwasviba. Nguva yose yaunenge urimo unofanira kufamba-famba. Mushure meimwe nhanho yega yega, pane danda rakananga pamusoro pemusoro wako.
“Taibuda dikita richiyerera, tichifemereka.
Imba yekuchengetera zvinhu inonzwa kusviba izvozvi, Rodriguez anodaro, nemabhatani emubatanidzwa ari kunyura mumumvuri - kure ne "nzvimbo yemuraraungu" yakambomufadza.
"Zviri kuratidzwa neAmazon hunhu hwakaita sechikara," akadaro. “Vanotevedzera hurongwa hwashanda: huya kunharaunda dzinotambura uko vanhu vanoudzwa kuti vanofanira kutenda chete, kwete kukumbira zvimwe.
“Ndangove negore chete ndiripo, ndokutora nguva yakareba kuti ndione kuti chirongwa ichi hachishande kumushandi. Izvo zvinoshanda chete kuAmazon. "
A CRITICAL NODE
Vashandi ve Air hub vanoiswa zvine hungwaru panzvimbo yakaoma muAmazon yekugovera network.
Amazon ndiyo mushandirwi mukuru muSouthern California uye ine nzvimbo dzinopfuura makumi mana muhurumende, sekureva kwekambani yekubvunza MWPVL International.
Zuva rega rega, Amazon inoshandisa gumi nemana nendege kupinda nekubuda mumhepo inoputika inozivikanwa seKSBD. Icho chikamu chechikamu chekambani yekutakura zvinhu nendege, uko ndege dzemhando yeAmazon nemarori anotakura mapakeji kuenda kunzvimbo dzekuchengetera nyika. Amazon Air inoshanda panhandare dzendege makumi mana nemaviri, mukati memakiromita zana emakumi manomwe muzana ehuwandu hweUS.
Iyo kambani iri kuisa mari zvakanyanya mubhizinesi-kune-vatengi kuendesa, kupinda muchikamu chechitatu chekutakura. Muna Kubvumbi yakabuda "Tenga neAmazon," iyo inobvumira vatengi kushandisa nhengo dzavo dzePrime pakusarudza nzira dzekutumira kunyangwe vari kutenga zvinhu papuratifomu yakasiyana neAmazon.com.
Mukupindura kudzikira kwe-e-commerce, iyo yakasiya kambani iine huwandu hwakawandisa, Amazon zvese zviri zviviri freezing hiring uye kusiya kuwedzera kwedura. Zvisinei, muInland Empire inotarisana nedambudziko rakasiyana.
Zvinoenderana neyakaburitswa yemukati tsvakiridzo mushumo, Amazon ine kupiswa nevashandi vayo muInland Empire nekukurumidza zvekuti inotya kuti ichapera vashandi mukupera kwa2022.
"Amazon yakahaya munhu wese," akadaro Rodriguez. “Ndine makore 35, asi ndinozvitora semumwe wevanhu vakuru. Ini ndinozvidaidza kuti OG, ngochani yekare. "
INOMUDZA ZVINHU
MunaSeptember Amazon yakazivisa kuti yaizova kushandisa $1 bhiriyoni kuwedzera muhoro wevashandi munyika yose.
"Zvaitaridzika seimba yedu yekuchengetera zvinhu, takakwidziridzwa ne50 cent," akadaro Arturo Adame, anoshanda panzvimbo inotakura zvinhu muBuford, Georgia. “Taikumbira $3. Mukati memwaka wepamusoro-soro, vanotipa bhonasi ye$3—saka zvatakanga tichikumbira ndezvekuti, ngatiite kuti bhonasi iyoyo igare zvachose.”
"Handina kuwana kana chikamu chechina chekuisa mumuchina wekutengesa" ndiyo nzira iyo Theometra Robinson, panzvimbo yeStone Mountain yekuzadzika, akatsanangura kusimudzwa.
Amazon yakasimudza a mari yakawanda yemadhora mabhiriyoni gumi gore rakapera, pamari ye $469.8 bhiriyoni. CEO Andy Jassy akawana $ Miriyoni 212.7.
Kunyange mukuru mukuru munyika ino akawana zvinonyadzisa 399 zvakapetwa kupfuura mushandi wenguva dzose gore rakapera, Jassy akawana 6,474 times the median Amazon worker's salary.
'BHUBHU RACHIEDZA AKABVA'
Mushure mekunge Amazon Labor Union yakunda kukunda kwayo kwenhoroondo panzvimbo yeStaten Island yekuzadzikisa, Robinson akasvika kuTeamsters Local 728 muLakewood, Georgia.
"Ndaiziva kuti vaimiririra vashandi veUPS," akadaro. “Vakanga vari mubatanidzwa wepamusoro munyika. Ndiro simba rekutengeserana kwatiri. "
Robinson akanga atanga paATL2 muna Chivabvu 2021. Akasimuka nekukurumidza nepakati, achiva mubatsiri wemaitiro mukati memwedzi. Zvinhu zvakanga zvichimufambira mberi kusvika anyorerwa yambiro mushure mekutuka mushandi akanga amurova.
Nguva pfupi yapfuura, Amazon yakamisa kukwidziridzwa kwake uye yakaramba kumuendesa kubva kudhipatimendi raaiona senzvimbo yebasa ine hutsinye. Akawira mukuora mwoyo kwakatora kusvika kukunda kweALU kwasimudza mweya wake.
"Grobhu rakadzimwa," akadaro. "Vanga vasingazive kuti ndakambobatana." Robinson nevamwe vatyairi veGardaWorld Security vaive vahwina mubatanidzwa muna 2010 neSecurity, Mapurisa neFire Professionals.
RONE WOLF CAMPAIGN
Akaenda kune kudzidziswa kweTeamsters muGeorgia pakubatanidza Amazon, asi akanzwa kuti kusimbisa kwayo kwakaiswa zvisizvo pakuronga vashandi vekondirakiti vanotyaira mavhani eAmazon-branded.
"Kana ukaedza kuvabatanidza, Amazon inodzima zvibvumirano zvevanhu ava," akadaro. "Unofanirwa kubatanidza matura uye kutaurirana mamwe marudzi emitemo nemamiriro ezvinhu kune vatyairi ava, nekuti unenge warasikirwa kune imwe mugumo."
MaTeamsters akamuraira kuti atarise pakuvaka rondedzero, kuzivisa vatungamiriri vekomiti, uye kuvaka hwaro hwerutsigiro vasati vaenda kuruzhinji nemushandirapamwe. “Havadi kuti uburitswe pachena semumwe wevari kuronga. Vanoda kuti uite zvese zvakahwanda, ”akadaro.
Haana kubvumirana nezano iroro, zvakare. “Onai, nzvimbo iyi yakakurisa zvekuti haigoni kuvanda,” akavaudza kudaro. “Ichi chivakwa chine vanhu 4,000 XNUMX. Handingapotse dombo ndikarova vanhu vatatu vandinoziva. Uri muchiteshi zuva rose. Iwe haugone kufamba-famba uchienda weti.
"Kuti ndiwane zvauri kundibvunza, ndinofanira kunge ndiri kunze uko."
Robinson akatanga mushandirapamwe wega wega wega. Kumira kunze kwenzvimbo yekugovera mapepa yaive nzira yekudyara mureza nekukwevera vashandi kwaari. Asi kubatana-kubvisa kwakakurumidza. Mamaneja akatanga kunanga vashandi vairatidza kuvanzwira tsitsi.
Zvichakadaro Amazon yakanga yaisa mimwe mitemo inonetsa-kudzivirira kuvharwa kwemvura, vashandi vekuchera nekuda kwekupotsa zvibereko uye "nguva yekurega basa." Vashandi vakanga vaneta.
Kufamba kwavo kwekutanga kwaiva Gunyana 14, mushure mekunge mushandi afenda nekuda kwekuneta. Yechipiri yaive Gumiguru 11.
NZIRA YECLANDESTINE
Adame nevamwe vake vaaishanda navo kubva kunzvimbo yekutakura zvinhu muBuford iri padyo vakakwira mukombi kuti vasangane naRobinson nevamwe vaaishanda navo pavakabuda panguva yePrime Vhiki. “Tiri muhondo imwe chete,” akadaro. “Takabuda; wakabuda panze. Ngatipembererei pamwe chete.”
Zvisinei, Adam anoti vari kuedza nzira dzakasiyana. “Ndinoti musiyano unobva kwatinoshanda,” akadaro. "Nzvimbo yeTheometra inzvimbo yekuzadzikisa inoshandisa zviuru zvevashandi. Vanogona kunge vakananga nekuti zvakanyanya kuoma kutaura nevamwe vashandi.
"Vari kutora maitiro ane hukasha kuronga uye kuzivisa hurongwa hwavo hwekufamba, ingangove ndiyo nzira chete yekuronga nzvimbo yekuzadzisa.
“Ndinovimba kuti vanoziva zvavari kuita. Vanoshanda ikoko.”
Kusiyana neizvi, vashandi veDGE9 vari kuchengeta zvinhu zviri pachivande sezvinobvira. "Pachiteshi chekutakura, tine simba rakawanda," akadaro Adame. "Saka tiri kushingairira kuvaka komiti, kuitira kuti tinonotse kutakura zvinhu uye tinokanganisa pazasi peAmazon."
Kupesvedzerwa nemubatanidzwa weAmazonians United, iyo ine zvitsauko mhiri kweUS neCanada, vashandi veBuford vakatora modhi yemubatanidzwa. Izvi zvinoreva kuti havasi kutsvaga kuzivikanwa kwemubatanidzwa zviri pamutemo munguva pfupi iri kutevera. Pane kudaro, pfungwa dzavo dziri pakushanda pamwe chete kuita.
"Kuziva mushandirapamwe wehugandanga ungaunzirwe neAmazon kana ukabvumidza sarudzo - mubatanidzwa-kubira, misangano yevateereri - kuve nechitoro pasi pekubatana mubatanidzwa ndiyo imwe nzira" yekukunda zvipingamupinyi izvi kuhurongwa hwechinyakare, Adame akadaro.
"Tinoda kubatanidza Amazon zviri pamutemo. Tinongoziva kuti ichava hondo yakaoma. Uye takazvipira kumisa danho, saka rimwe zuva tinogona kuita kuti zviitike. "
Anotenda maAmazonians United nekuda kwe "chiono chezano," icho chinoisa pamberi pezviteshi zvekutumira sechinhu chakakosha chinongedzo mumaketani ekugovera.
“Sezvo zviteshi zvekutakura zvinhu zviri chikamu chemamaira ekupedzisira uye zvinongopinza vashandi vangangosvika zana chete,” akadaro, “inzvimbo yakanaka kwazvo yekuronga nekuunza vashandi pamwe chete uye zvinokanganisa kukosha kwekambani nekunonoka kutakura zvinhu. Ndiyo chete nzira yekuita kuti kambani iyi ionekwe uye ikosheswe.”
'HAUTOZVINOGONA Kufema'
Vashandi veAmazon vanoronga panzvimbo yepamuchinjikwa MDW2 muJoliet, Illinois, vari kuwana rutsigiro kubva kuUnited Electrical Workers-backed worker centre Warehouse Workers for Justice.
Vakaisa zvichemo makumi mashanu zveEqual Employment Opportunity Commission kusvika parizvino uye vakaunganidza mazana manomwe masiginecha pachikumbiro chavo.
Tennetta Baker akashanda kuAmazon kwemakore matanhatu; izvi zvisati zvaitika akanga ari mukoti ane chitupa. Pakutanga aifarira mabhambu emubhadharo aipihwa neAmazon kuti apinde uye nemisangano yezvigadzirwa.
Asi pasinei nemipiro yake (“Ndakadzidzisa vanhu vanopfuura 1,000 XNUMX nyore nyore,” anodaro) kukwidziridzwa kwakamira. Uyu ndiwo mutemo wakanangana nekubvisa vashandi venguva refu, kudzivirira izvo muvambi Jeff Bezos akati "kufora kuenda kune mediocrity. "
Gore rino Baker akawana 60 cent bump kusvika $20.90. Her co-pays uye mapremium ave achiwedzera zvakare. Uye kunze kwemari, "ndidzo nyaya dzekuchengetedza, kusarurana kwemarudzi," akadaro, "vatariri vekutora nitpicking vanoita, shanduko pakuda."
Vashandi veMDW2 vakabuda muna Chivabvu vachiratidzira izvo WWJ yakadana kuti "kutyisidzira kwerufu rwerusarura" yakakwenenzverwa pamadziro ekugezera.
"Tichiri kuona masiki zvakanyanya," akadaro mumwe mushandi, Cesar Escutia. “Ini ndaifunga kuti vaive vanhu vane chekuita neCovid nefuruu, asi chaivo vaive vanhu vane asthma vanonetsekana neguruva riri mumhepo. Pane nyaya dzakawanda dzaungasangana nadzo kubasa, asi uchitadza kufema?
"Unorarama muhupenyu, uye unoshanda marudzi aya emabasa nekuda kwekuda kuita mubairo uye kupa zvinhu zvakawanda zvinodiwa nevanhu - uye haugone kuzviita neruremekedzo rwekuziva kuti uchava. kukwanisa kufema.”
Akataura achisvimha misodzi. “Ndiyo nzvimbo yakaipisisa yandakashanda,” akadaro.
Escutia inoshanda husiku. "Unopinda, unoshanda maawa gumi, woenda kumba, unorara," akadaro. “Hauwani mukana wakawanda wokuita chimwe chinhu. Uye usati wazviziva wadzokera kubasa zuva rinotevera. Hapana paungambogona kutaura zvine musoro kana kuzorora zvine musoro.”
Dzimwe nguva mamiriro ezvinhu anoodza mwoyo anozadza chivimbo chake chokuti kuhwina kunotobvira. “Ndine kusava nechokwadi kwangu nezvehondo iyi yatiri kurwisana nayo,” akadaro. Zvakadini kana “zvisina maturo, kana isu tisingakwanisi kuwana shanduko ine revo isu pachedu, kunyangwe mushure mekutambudzika?
"Asi ini ndinoona zvinhu zvakaita nhasi, uye ndinowana tariro yakawanda."
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