Stephen Maher is assistant professor of economics at SUNY Cortland and coeditor of the Socialist Register. Scott Aquanno is assistant professor of political science at Ontario Tech University. They coauthored the book The Fall and Rise of American Finance: From J. P. Morgan to BlackRock.

03.10.2025

• Stephen Maher and Scott Aquanno

We Can Organize Amazon, but Only If We Understand It

Organizing Amazon workers is both an existential challenge and an opportunity for labor. But the company’s cash advantages and operational flexibility mean that traditional union tactics won’t be enough. We need strategies that combine disruption and scale.