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1 Article by: Lucas Tranchant

Lucas Tranchant is a postdoctoral researcher in sociology at Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers.

Logistics Firms Have Used the Pandemic to Boost Profits and Make Workers More Precarious

With millions of people ordering basic necessities direct to their homes, the pandemic has massively strengthened big distributors like FedEx and Amazon. But while official discourse celebrates delivery drivers as “heroes,” the logistics firms themselves have used the crisis to undermine workers’ most basic rights.