Strange Stories: Ditched Delivery
We discuss the stressed Amazon delivery driver who dumped 80 packages along a wooded road in Lakeville, Massachusetts. We consider this case alongside the unionization of Amazon workers and stories of overwhelmed and exploited workers.
We discuss the stressed Amazon delivery driver who dumped 80 packages along a wooded road in Lakeville, Massachusetts. We consider this case alongside the unionization of Amazon workers and stories of overwhelmed and exploited workers.
CW | TW: This episode discusses potential work-related stresses. Listener discretion is advised.
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Hosts: Harry Chambers + Drew Hudson
Logo Art: Drew Hudson
Theme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry Chambers
Show Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew Hudson
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Sources
NBC 10 Boston News Clip: Officers Find Amazon Packages Ditched in Woods; Driver Cites Stress, Police Say
Article: “Amazon Packages Found Piled in Mass. Woods; Driver Blamed Stress, Police Say” by Thea DiGiammerino and Asher Klein
Article: “‘Stressed’ Amazon Driver Abandons 80 Packages in Mass. Woods During Holiday Shipping Rush” by Marlene Lenthang
Article: “Teamsters Announce Strike Against Amazon Amid Holiday Delivery Rush” by Marlene Lenthang, Charlie Gile, Liz Kreutz, and Kevin Nious
Article: “Surveillance, Stress, and No Bathrooms: Life as an Amazon Driver” by Jake Alimahomed-Wilson (LaborNotes.org)
Bodycam Footage: Lakeville PD Shawn Robert Bodycam Footage
Lakeville PD: Official News Log of the Lakeville Police Dept.
IMDb: Good Will Hunting (1997)
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