[Sehefac] Book talk on November 16! Unsustainable: Amazon, Warehousing, and the Politics of Exploitation

[Dana Simmons]

Dear SEHE affiliates,
This is a reminder that Juliann Emmons Allison and Ellen Reese's book talk
is coming up on Thursday 11/16, 12:30-1:50 in INTS 1128. I hope that you
can make it! It will also be a nice opportunity for SEHE folks to meet each
other in person. We'll have refreshments afterward in INTS 1111.
Hope to see you there!
Dana

On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 2:04 PM Dana Simmons <dana.simmons at ucr.edu> wrote:

> Dear SEHE affiliates,
> I hope that you can join us in person on Thursday, November 16
> (12:30-1:50pm, INTS 1128) for a book talk by Juliann Emmons Allison and
> Ellen Reese.
> You can see more information abou the event here
> <https://events.ucr.edu/event/unsustainable_book_talk_with_juliann_emmons_allison_and_ellen_reese>
> (no pre-registration required). We plan to have some refreshments to
> celebrate their accomplishment.
> Here's information about the book. It's wonderfully researched and
> written, and couldn't be more topical.
>
> Unsustainable: Amazon, Warehousing, and the Politics of Exploitation
> <https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520388383/unsustainable>
> From famously humble origins, Amazon has grown to become one of the most
> successful businesses in history. In its effort to provide its trademark
> fast and convenient "Prime" delivery, the company built a vast worldwide
> network of fulfillment centers and warehouses. Unsustainable looks inside
> the company's warehouses to reveal that the rise of Amazon is only made
> possible by the exploitation of workers' labor and communities' resources.
> Juliann Emmons Allison and Ellen Reese expose the real-world repercussions
> of these pernicious strategies through a chilling case study of the
> socioeconomic and environmental harms associated with the largely unchecked
> growth of warehousing in Inland Southern California, one of the nation's
> largest logistics hubs, where Amazon is the largest private-sector
> employer. Tracing the rise of grassroots resistance to the warehouse
> industry by workers and communities across this region, the country, and
> the globe, Unsustainable provides fresh insight into one of the most
> important and far-reaching struggles of our time.
>
> I hope to see you there!
> Dana
>
> --
> Dana Simmons
> Acting Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Society, Environment
> and Health Equity
> University of California, Riverside
>


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Dana Simmons
Acting Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Society, Environment
and Health Equity
University of California, Riverside
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