Interesting article from Tuesday’s NYT.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/technology/amazon-grass-roots-activists.htmlI I was struck more by the size and impact Amazon has on the U.S. economy than by the attempts by the Activists to exact change.
Findings of an Economic Roundtable Report:- 50% of American households have an Amazon Prime account.
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“Amazon workers and Amazon customers exist in two different worlds. ... A little over half of Amazon warehouse workers in Southern California live in substandard housing. And for every $1 in wages, they receive 24 cents in public assistance.”
- “Every day, ships, trucks, trains and airplanes bring an estimated 21,500 diesel truckloads of merchandise to 21 Amazon warehouses in the four-county (Southern California) region. (The report) calculated that Amazon trucks last year created $642 million in ‘uncompensated public costs’ for noise, road wear, accidents and harmful emissions.”
