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The definition of smear: "to damage the reputation of (someone) by false accusations; slander." Where is the 'smear ' here? Amazon has not made, or planned to make, false accusations against this worker.
Amazon really could be just as big as they are without going down the Walmart route of being actively shitty / evil. It sucks that they're choosing not to do that.
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> Lastly, everyone seems to ignore that this employee violated a direct work order to not come on site... Keep asking why. Why was this worker ordered to stay home. Was it because he had a brief, 5 minute contact with a covid-19 patient? Other news outlets say that Smalls was unique in his being sent home. Or maybe was it because he was pushing for a union and the company wanted to find a way to keep him out. Given t…
The arguments that Smalls was singled out and that it was already 18 days past his contact seem like notable things to look into further. The "5 minute" contact argument doesn't make any sense to me, and only works to weaken his case. To my knowledge there is no minimum time requirement for virus transmission, so this argument comes across as naive.
If five minutes of exposure is really that big of a threat - perhaps it is? - then why does Amazon care about their employees so much that they waited weeks to act and then only sent a tiny number of people home?
All I wanted to do was read the memo and I couldn't find the link. I'm not sure if I missed it or what but this is a common problem I run into on "news" sites. They quote (often out of context) parts of something but give no links to the actual source.
Probably because it was forwarded by email and the leaker's identity and job would be at risk.
I'm wasn't counting, but I must be close to a 3 year no-Amazon streak. Who's with me?
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Probably because it was forwarded by email and the leaker's identity and job would be at risk.
Redacting is a long accepted practice when revealing information but preserving secrets.
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Redacting is a long accepted practice when revealing information but preserving secrets.
Supposedly so is the practice of using subtle variations in spelling, word choice, word order, spacing, typography, etc. to identify recipients of documents.
This Vice story is just part of the smear campaign. Strategy: “We should spend the first part of our response strongly laying out the case for why the organizer’s conduct was immoral, unacceptable, and arguably illegal, in detail, and only then follow with our usual talking points about worker safety,” Zapolsky wrote. “Make him the most interesting part of the story, and if possible make him the face of the entire un…
odd edit: Just in case. I was kinda doing a fair amount of shorts on Amazon lately, so my opinion is not unbiased.
Ah, Amazon. Classy, as always. I'm wasn't counting, but I must be close to a 3 year no-Amazon streak. Who's with me?