Divided we stand: Reasons for and against strike participation in Amazon's German distribution centres

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Authors

  • Sabrina Apicella
  • Helmut Hildebrandt

Little attention has been devoted to the individual motivations behind strike participation - particularly in minority strikes, such as the labour struggle affecting Amazon's German distribution centres. This study surveyed 223 Amazon employees asking questions relating to strike participation, income, reliance on trade unions, work dissatisfaction, employment status, professional backgroUnd and demographic backgroUnd. Our results, based on logistic regression analysis, evidenced that work dissatisfaction, reliance on trade unions, and having temporary or permanent positions predicted decisions visàvis strike participation with 92% accuracy. The union's main goal, improving workers' income, did not play a major role.

Original languageEnglish
JournalWork Organisation, Labour and Globalisation
Volume13
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)172-189
Number of pages18
ISSN1745-641X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.01.2019

Bibliographical note

Sabrina Apicella is a PhD Student in the Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization at Leuphana University of Lüneburg

    Research areas

  • Amazon, Strike behaviour, Trade union confidence, Working conditions
  • Sociology