Sociologist Tom Vickers tells what happened – and how Amazon reacted – when workers won a vote on official recognition in Coventry. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
- Associate Professor in Sociology and Director of the GMB-NTU Work Futures Observatory, Nottingham Trent University
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