Organizing Amazon
Tom Vickers
Between August 2022 and July 2024, GMB Union membership at Amazon’s BHX4 Coventry warehouse skyrocketed, with 37 days of strike action resulting in a 28.5% pay rise. Yet despite this, the union narrowly lost a ballot that would have forced Amazon to grant formal recognition.
Based on ethnographic research and reflective essays from worker-leaders and organizers, this book offers a rich case study of the factors contributing to the union’s successes and setbacks. It provides a practical organizing model applicable beyond Amazon, offering strategies to engage the workforce, sustain support and develop leadership.
An essential toolkit for those navigating the complexities of evolving labour practices, with particular relevance for precarious workers and workplaces where access is limited.
Duration - 5h 13m.
Author - Tom Vickers.
Narrator - Tom Vickers.
Published Date - Wednesday, 15 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2025 Tom Vickers ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Between August 2022 and July 2024, GMB Union membership at Amazon’s BHX4 Coventry warehouse skyrocketed, with 37 days of strike action resulting in a 28.5% pay rise. Yet despite this, the union narrowly lost a ballot that would have forced Amazon to grant formal recognition. Based on ethnographic research and reflective essays from worker-leaders and organizers, this book offers a rich case study of the factors contributing to the union’s successes and setbacks. It provides a practical organizing model applicable beyond Amazon, offering strategies to engage the workforce, sustain support and develop leadership. An essential toolkit for those navigating the complexities of evolving labour practices, with particular relevance for precarious workers and workplaces where access is limited. Duration - 5h 13m. Author - Tom Vickers. Narrator - Tom Vickers. Published Date - Wednesday, 15 January 2025. Copyright - © 2025 Tom Vickers ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:36
02 chapter 1 introduction
Duration:00:24:03
03 essay 1 what we have achieved is not a list of accomplishments, it’s a transformation
Duration:00:06:54
04 chapter 2 introducing the gmb union
Duration:00:29:36
05 essay 2 managing an organizing team in the amazon campaign
Duration:00:07:51
06 chapter 3 reaching the whole workforce
Duration:00:47:02
07 essay 3 how amazon tried to persuade workers against the union
Duration:00:03:54
08 essay 4 stopping, watching and listening the importance of mindfulness for organising
Duration:00:05:10
09 chapter 4 sustaining action and engagement
Duration:00:33:09
10 essay 5 reflections on the fight for statutory union recognition at bhx4
Duration:00:11:15
11 chapter 5 developing leadership
Duration:00:42:25
12 essay 6 representing members inside amazon
Duration:00:01:11
13 essay 7 agitate, educate, organize! how we trained and developed workplace leaders
Duration:00:06:47
14 chapter 6 responding to workers’ needs and concerns
Duration:00:19:36
15 essay 8 applying personal experience and community work in organizing at amazon
Duration:00:08:11
16 chapter 7 building wider support
Duration:00:15:09
17 essay 9 why we need an international alliance against amazon
Duration:00:04:03
18 chapter 8 principles of the coventry model
Duration:00:15:49
19 chapter 9 conclusion
Duration:00:15:41
20 appendix 1 case study questions for teaching
Duration:00:02:41
21 appendix 2 methodology an activist ethnography
Duration:00:10:20
22 acknowledgements
Duration:00:01:24
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:51