COLUMN-With 6,000 new warehouse jobs, what is Amazon really delivering?
June 17 (Reuters) - Some people showed up before dawn. Others spent an hour waiting on a line that stretched out the door. That was the scene last month when hundreds of job seekers converged on an Amazon hiring event in Chatta**oga, Tennessee. All hoped for full-time work picking, packing and shipping orders at the online retailer's local distribution center, a warehouse the size of 28 football fields. "I'm blessed to be here!" one smiling 23-year-old applicant told television reporters.