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

[Dana Simmons]

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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