Who else but "wronged assistance" would demonstrate their point?
When you talk about conditions at Amazon warehouses, I assume you're referring to this article (or similar): http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/mac-mcclelland-f...
You should know that Amazon bought Kiva Systems earlier this year, so they'll be replacing human picking with efficient robot picking over the next couple of years.
Your job becomes to stand there on a foam mat and move whichever item the laser points at from the cart to the box. This job will almost certainly be automated in the next decade as well, with something like FlexPicker.
Kiva Systems: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvQKGev56qU
FlexPicker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHuDvVa7mkw