Strikes
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In related news, wages for hourly workers are up almost 5% this year
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Inflation rate close to 6% so the poor keep getting poorer
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Way to go, Brandon! Quite an improvement over Orange Man, huh?
“I wouldn’t sleep with your wife because she would fall in love and your black little heart would be crushed again. And 100% I could beat your ass.” - Overlander
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You’re the one backing a dude without a fully/functioning brain.
“I wouldn’t sleep with your wife because she would fall in love and your black little heart would be crushed again. And 100% I could beat your ass.” - Overlander
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Learn the difference between “your” and “you’re” and then get back to me.
“I wouldn’t sleep with your wife because she would fall in love and your black little heart would be crushed again. And 100% I could beat your ass.” - Overlander
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We are talking about different types of jobs. Any job where you run the risk of actually losing arm is likely more heavily invested in by the employer in additional training, additional safety ensures and additional insurance needs.ousdahl wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 1:02 am I’m not sure it’s so simple.
IMHO the risk is greater to the worker. The employer’s risk is mostly just economic. The worker’s is economic plus putting a lot more life and limb on the line.
Which do you think would hurt more: going bankrupt, or loosing an arm?
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soo Kelloggs apparently abandoned negotiations with striking workers and announced they were seeking permanent replacements instead.
I almost went full Qusdahl and called for all you comrades to boycott Kellogg’s.
I also hoped the move would come back to bite them in the ass.
So far so good.
I almost went full Qusdahl and called for all you comrades to boycott Kellogg’s.
I also hoped the move would come back to bite them in the ass.
So far so good.
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I didn’t notice that one.
Been too busy with the other strikes - Kellogg, John Deere, Kaiser, Columbia U, Starbucks unionization, etc.
If only these things got the same press that things like Bezos space vacations do
Been too busy with the other strikes - Kellogg, John Deere, Kaiser, Columbia U, Starbucks unionization, etc.
If only these things got the same press that things like Bezos space vacations do
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john deere, Kelloggs, and Starbucks strikes have all been front page news recently.....
Just Ledoux it
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Glad to see Ous noticed the free market working well
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So do you mean to suggest strikes and unions are some function of a free market?
What about when the super wealthy and powerful use their wealth and power to stymie strikes and unions? Is that still the free market just doing its thing?
How’s those unions working out at Amazon?
What about when the super wealthy and powerful use their wealth and power to stymie strikes and unions? Is that still the free market just doing its thing?
How’s those unions working out at Amazon?
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1. Yes. Employers have to compete for workers.ousdahl wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 7:50 am So do you mean to suggest strikes and unions are some function of a free market?
What about when the super wealthy and powerful use their wealth and power to stymie strikes and unions? Is that still the free market just doing its thing?
How’s those unions working out at Amazon?
2. Not if they're colluding with competing employers. That's why we have an NLRB.
3. Why haven't Amazon employees been successful trying to unionize?
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Umm, Amazon and Bezos have put a ton of effort and resources into fighting unionization.
The NLRB you mention actually said the company violated labor laws, and their conduct around the previous vote was undue interference, even intimidation.
The NLRB told them not to install a mailbox to drop off ballots on Amazon property, but Amazon got the postal service to do so anyway. Amazon emailed workers telling them to use the mailbox to vote against unionization. There were also rumors and concern Amazon was monitoring or surveilling the mailbox.
They’re pushing a massive propaganda campaign against unions within its workforce. They force employees to attend meetings and post media around workplace that criticize unions.
This is all part of a historic trend by Amazon to deter unionization.
If you take Amazon’s word for it, those crooked union leaders are just gonna be hoarding those union dues to blow on space vacations.
The NLRB you mention actually said the company violated labor laws, and their conduct around the previous vote was undue interference, even intimidation.
The NLRB told them not to install a mailbox to drop off ballots on Amazon property, but Amazon got the postal service to do so anyway. Amazon emailed workers telling them to use the mailbox to vote against unionization. There were also rumors and concern Amazon was monitoring or surveilling the mailbox.
They’re pushing a massive propaganda campaign against unions within its workforce. They force employees to attend meetings and post media around workplace that criticize unions.
This is all part of a historic trend by Amazon to deter unionization.
If you take Amazon’s word for it, those crooked union leaders are just gonna be hoarding those union dues to blow on space vacations.