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Jennifer Bates is an American labor organizer known for her role in leading Amazon worker organization in Bessemer, Alabama.
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- ↑ "Shipmate Fulfillment Creates Jobs During COVID for Laid-off Service Industry Workers | Philadelphia Caller".
- ↑ "Get Philly Back to Work Job Fair Party | Philadelphia Caller".
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- ↑ "Smoothing Frictions with Payment Orchestration". 16 July 2021.
- ↑ "6 FBA Fulfillment Alternatives". 8 April 2020.