Amazon has one of the worst reputations throughout the world in its e-commerce operations on WHS, unfair worker surveillance and antagonism towards their workers organising. At the same time through its web services operations, AWS, it is one of the biggest beneficiaries of Government contracts throughout the world. AWS provides the polite face of Amazon to Government whilst some of their other operations, including e-commerce, represent the hard edge of this corporate behemoth. Such corporate groups should be judged on the totality of their operations when they are seeking government contracts.
General Resolution
Government Procurement of Services
ACT Labor calls on the ACT Government to implement procurement provisions, including for services, that require providers to recognise freedom of association, the right to organise and the right to collective bargaining throughout the providers entire corporate structure.