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Detailed, 6 step instructions on how to open a ballot and mark no? Thanks, amazon. This is almost as scummy as asking the city to change traffic lights so union organizers have a harder time talking to workers in between shifts. https://www.al.com/business/2021/02/jefferson-county-now-say...
Detailed, 6 step instructions on how to open a ballot and mark no? Thanks, amazon. This is almost as scummy as asking the city to change traffic lights so union organizers have a harder time talking to workers in between shifts. https://www.al.com/business/2021/02/jefferson-county-now-say...
I got instructions from more than one party this past fall on how to fill out a ballot and mail it early and etc.
From a non-US point of view, this whole anti-union strategy from Amazon is somehow hilarious to witness on top of being sad. This kind of propaganda feels like its coming from another age, or dimension.
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_union_busting_in_th...
Call me crazy but I think the employer should get to make their case too.
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I got instructions from more than one party this past fall on how to fill out a ballot and mail it early and etc.
Did they tell you which way to vote, though? And giving reasoning for why (this actually wouldn't surprise me)?
Ugh, this is disgusting and so patronising. Edit: Also, why are "union avoidance consultants" a thing? The US needs to fix its culture around unions. That's absolutely wild.
Why pay your employees when you can pay a consultant to show how to keep your employee costs low? /s
Amazon's tactics in response to unionizing efforts been extremely revealing. Even if unionizing fails, I'm happy that it forced Amazon to show us all the level of contempt they have for their workforce.
Every corporation has contempt for its workforce, it's why labor unions are so necessary.
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Did they tell you which way to vote, though? And giving reasoning for why (this actually wouldn't surprise me)?
Yes they told me exactly who I should vote for and why.
This is one reason: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26263866
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By making any case other than robust worker rights and fair compensation, they have demonstrated their culture and priorities as a corporation. But, by all means, I agree that one shouldn't stop their enemy when they're pointing a gun at their feet (edit: to clarify, this implies Amazon is making a strategic failure by fighting unionization efforts, at it reflects poorly on them).
You're hyperbole strikes me as ... kinda out there. Not sure anyone has guns pointed at anyone in this case.
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/04/29/Leaving-A...
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/05/06/Answers
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/05/amazon-wo...
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/youre-just-dispos...
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/11/amazo...
https://nypost.com/2019/07/13/inside-the-hellish-workday-of-...
https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/16/20696154/amazon-prime-day...