Strange Business Logic

Mother Jones

I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave

Salon

Jeff Bezos, Orwellian overlord: Why his defense of Amazon’s “bruising” workplace culture is so hard to swallow

The New York Times

Why Amazon May Take a Page From Walmart's Labor Playbook

Economic Policy Institute

Manufacturing Job Loss

Chicago Tribune

Amazon to open distribution center in Joliet

Vox

The real Amazon scandal has nothing to do with its white-collar workers

When manufacturing was moved to far away lands out-of-sight and out-of-mind of American business owners and consumers, it eased their consciences.

American didn't have to confront the worker abuse, safety hazards, and child-labor issues common overseas. Now they discovered a way to isolate the abuse closer to home.

When retail operations arrived on the Internet, customers and even some retail stores that ordered their supplies online no longer crossed paths with disgruntled employees.

Distribution centers are typically located in rural areas at major intersections of interstate highways, railroads, or by airports. With great distances and long hours, there's not much chance that a warehouse worker will have the energy or time to complain,