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Kenneth Thomas

Kenneth Thomas
Professor emeritus of political science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
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Amazon Extracts Billions from Communities Globally

March 21, 2022 • by Kenneth Thomas
Last month, UNI Global Union and my organization Good Jobs First released a report detailing the subsidies Amazon.com, Inc. has gotten around the world. I was the lead author of the study. Months of research by our multi-lingual team found that the company has received at least $4.7 billion....

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