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Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses strike on Black Friday

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Re: Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses strike on Black Friday

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post #14

Is there a Black Friday in Italy? I thought this would be a purely American thing.

It's a still primarily an American thing, however a lot of (mostly) online retailers such as amazon have started to have "Black Friday Sales", "Cyber Monday Week", etc.

I'm not sure how it is in the US but at least in Germany the offers and deals are pretty bad and/or not interesting - especially on amazon.

Re: Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses strike on Black Friday

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Happy to hear workers are standing up for themselves. The anti-union FUD campaign in the US has contributed significantly to the erosion of middle class wages over the past 50 years (check out Thomas Piketty's work if you're curious about this).

Re: Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses strike on Black Friday

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post #14

Is there a Black Friday in Italy? I thought this would be a purely American thing.

American things become global things when they're marketed heavily enough. This is the kind of thing people mean when they say "cultural hegemony".

Re: Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses strike on Black Friday

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post #14

Is there a Black Friday in Italy? I thought this would be a purely American thing.

A bunch of companies are desperately trying to make it a thing here in Denmark, as well. By the looks of it, they jack up their prices slightly about a month in advance, and then offer crappy 20-30% "rebates" on Black Friday.

It is simply not worth it.

Re: Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses strike on Black Friday

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post #4

Now that's something I haven't heard about in the US for a few decades: strikes. I'm partly kidding, but have there been any major strikes in the US lately?

Teachers in Chicago and fast-food workers comes to mind -- in the last 5-10 years.

Re: Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses strike on Black Friday

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post #4

Now that's something I haven't heard about in the US for a few decades: strikes. I'm partly kidding, but have there been any major strikes in the US lately?

It seems that the only unions with enough clout to strike are public workers. I've seen teachers strike or threaten to strike from to time. In the private sector, the potential win isn't worth the risk, since long term benefits are mostly off the table already.

Re: Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses strike on Black Friday

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post #4

Now that's something I haven't heard about in the US for a few decades: strikes. I'm partly kidding, but have there been any major strikes in the US lately?

Last year Verizon workers had a strike.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_strike_of_2016

It affected many of our circuit orders around that time and caused us to go with different last mile carriers.

Re: Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses strike on Black Friday

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post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is in Brazil for the last ~5 years. And we don't even have Thanksgiving here. It is just one more made up date to create advertising campaigns. Started as a shy e-commerce thing here. Then became a huge e-commerce thing. Then a huge all commerce thing. I am seeing "Black Friday" promotions everywhere, from financial services to beauty treatments. A common joke here is that it is "Black Fraud - pay 50% of the doubl…

Doesn't the same thing occur in the US? I was under the impression it's always been set up so that there isn't any actual deals, just the appearance of it.

Nope, there are some pretty sweat deals when you compare prices before and after the period.

It might depend on the industry though.

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