Amazon Flex drivers in Avenel, New Jersey stage walkout to protest corporate efforts to cut costs at workers’ expense
The walkout by Avenel drivers is an expression of growing resistance to Amazon’s cost cutting drive against workers.
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The walkout by Avenel drivers is an expression of growing resistance to Amazon’s cost cutting drive against workers.
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