New Amazon warehouse built among decaying houses in Mexico

Tram Ho

A new Amazon storage and distribution center has been built in Tijuana, Mexico, and is surrounded by rundown buildings. Its location is about 5 km from the US-Mexico border.

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The new clean and modern Amazon distribution center.

Photographer Omar Martinez captured these images of the warehouse, showing the stark contrast between Amazon’s clean, white facilities and the surrounding shacks. And they are now being shared widely, sparking fierce debates on forums and social networks.

Many people think that it reflects too strong a class divide between the rich and the poor, as the rich get richer while the poor cannot have the opportunity to transform themselves. However, there are also suggestions that this could be an opportunity to change the local economy, as new jobs are created.

Marisa Vano, an Amazon spokeswoman, said that “opening the distribution center in Tijuana will create more than 250 jobs in the region”.

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The contrast between rich and poor is strongly reflected in Omar Martinez’s photo.

Wages paid to workers at Amazon’s US warehouses start at $15 an hour, and the company regularly advertises what it calls “competitive health insurance” and “retirement benefits” at Amazon. its centres. Recently, however, workers at a series of Amazon warehouses have spoken out against the company’s policies.

And according to economists, in some areas with new warehouses, Amazon’s competitive wages could force local retailers to offer corresponding wage increases, the Quad-City Times reported. And its consequences could be a drop in employment rates, because they will have to limit the number of people they can hire. The economists also add that communities need to have high-paying jobs for long-term economic growth. It implies that just 250 jobs from Amazon will likely bring more negatives than positives.

A report from the American Economic Policy Institute in 2018 also found that Amazon’s distribution centers did not generate widespread job growth. Because when Amazon opens a new center, that area will receive about 30% more jobs such as distribution and warehousing. But it’s not new jobs, but compensation by job losses in other industries.

Similarly, The Economist also had a report in 2018, saying that Amazon often pays employees at its centers less than other employers.

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A shack right next to the new Amazon mall.

Amazon entered the Mexican market in 2015, a move that could help the company compete with e-commerce giant Walmart. Amazon currently has five distribution centers in the country, and a spokesman for the company, Vano, says that since then, it has created 15,000 jobs across Mexico.

In a statement released last year, the company said it spent $100 million on new warehouses in Mexico to improve delivery speeds. Two distribution centers will be built in Monterrey and in Guadalajara, two of the largest metro stations in the country, and the company will have at least 27 delivery stations scattered across Mexico.

Mexican Governor Alfredo Del Mazo Maza said Amazon’s expansion would help combat the pandemic-induced economic downturn in the country, according to Mexico News Daily .

“Amazon has become one of the key allies and strategic partners in economic recovery and in accomplishing the goals set by the current administration to improve the well-being of Mexican families.” , the governor said.

Refer to BI

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