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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Business
Ma. Kyla Morco

Amazon Accused of Using AI to Predict Which Warehouses May Unionise by Analysing Reddit Posts and Worker Surveys

Amazon’s efforts to assess potential union activity raise questions about how it anticipates and manages worker organising. (Credit: Joe Piette / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0)

Amazon is facing scrutiny over an AI-assisted system reportedly designed to predict which warehouses are at greater risk of union organising, raising questions about how workforce data is used to anticipate collective action.

The framework, known as Atlas, reportedly draws on information including employee feedback, safety incidents, staff turnover, previous industrial action, local economic conditions, and Reddit discussions. Its assessments are intended to identify facilities considered more vulnerable to labour disruption.

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