From Labor for Bernie: Virtual discussion with MacGillis on his new Amazon book set for June 15

Berry Craig

01 Jun, 2021

EDITOR'S NOTE: Alec McGillis is also the author of The Cynic: The Political Education of Mitch McConnell, which was published in 2014. Co-sponsor Chuck Jones was a featured speaker at the 2017 Kentucky State AFL-CIO Convention in Lexington.

Amazon, huge and growing exponentially, is a prime driver of the crisis facing US workers and their communities. Amazon is increasing income inequality, worker suppression, and ravaging cities and regions. Join us on June 15 at 8pm Eastern for a virtual discussion with prize-winning author Alec MacGillis on his just-published blockbuster book, Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America, an expose' of both the rampaging corporate behemoth that is Amazon and the trends that are shredding the fabric of the nation.

“The book is a must-read for those interested in what drives economic populism” Times Literary Supplement... “(Amazon is) behind the regional inequality that has made parts of the United States ‘incomprehensible to one another.’ Galloping prosperity for some Americans and unrelenting precarity for others.” New York Times

Winning and Losing in One-Click America: The crisis facing US workers in the Era of Amazon, Tuesday, June 15 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific. A representative of Amazonians United and Peter Olney, former organizing director for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and a mentor to Amazon employee activists, will provide brief responses to MacGillis. RSVP here now to ensure you get the event link.