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title: Amazon has a union
date: "2001-01-03T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1988
description: I discovered that Amazon workers formed a union, likely in response to the early 2000s dot-com layoffs. It was a surprising development for the tech industry, showing how labor movements began appearing in nascent internet companies.
keywords: [amazon, labor unions, dot-com bubble, washtech, layoffs, internet history]
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Didn't know dot-coms had unions. [Amazon does](http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,20273,00.html). A reaction to the layoffs in dot-coms?