/
Navigation
Chronicles
Browse all articles
Explore
Semantic exploration
Research
Entity momentum
Nexus
Correlations & relationships
Story Arc
Topic evolution
Drift Map
Semantic trajectory animation
Posts
Analysis & commentary
Pulse API
Tech news intelligence API
Browse
Entities
Companies, people, products, technologies
Domains
Browse by publication source
Handles
Browse by social media handle
Detection
Concept Search
Semantic similarity search
High Impact Stories
Top coverage by position
Sentiment Analysis
Positive/negative coverage
Anomaly Detection
Unusual coverage patterns
Analysis
Rivalry Report
Compare two entities head-to-head
Semantic Pivots
Narrative discontinuities
Crisis Response
Event recovery patterns
Connected
Search: /
Command: ⌘K
Embeddings: large
TEXXR

Chronicles

The story behind the story

← → days · ↑ ↓ browse · Enter similar · o open

Leaked memo from February reveals Amazon's plans to invest in software to analyze data on unions, alongside non-union “threats” like crime and weather

A representative of a union for Amazon employees protesting at Amazon's Swansea fulfillment center on November 23, 2018, in Swansea, W

Vox Jason Del Rey

Discussion

  • @ron_miller Ron Miller on x
    Why are these people so afraid of unions? https://twitter.com/...
  • @sensherrodbrown Sherrod Brown on x
    Amazon knows that the biggest threat to its “profit-at-all-costs” culture is workers who can stand up for themselves in the workplace. That's why they'll stop at nothing to crush unions - including running a secret anti-union surveillance program. https://www.vox.com/...
  • @fabiochiusi Fabio Chiusi on x
    “The letter, from 37 members of the European parliament, said they were concerned Amazon deliberately targeted workers seeking to organise, and also questioned whether the company had “spied” on politicians” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
  • @lmatsakis Louise Matsakis on x
    Remember last month when Amazon said those job listings to track “labor organizing threats” were “inaccurate”? It looks like the roles were actually part of a larger program to track all sorts of worker efforts https://www.vox.com/...
  • @talkpoverty @talkpoverty on x
    Not a single Amazon worker in America is unionized. Amazon wants to keep it that way. https://www.vox.com/...