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Amazon reaches agreement with trade unions in Italy

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Re: Amazon reaches agreement with trade unions in Italy

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Post by alkonaut »

pmyteh wrote: post #5
ggm wrote: post #2

It will be fascinating to see how this plays back in the US.

It's not uncommon for avowedly anti-union employers to have union contracts outside the US. When Walmart owned the British supermarket ASDA, for example, the GMB union was recognised. Companies seem quite adept at keeping their adaptations to local rules tightly firewalled.

Of course. Take Sweden as a (admittedly extreme) example. There is very little regulation of the labor market, for example no minimum wage. All those things are agreed upon in negotiations between unions and employer organizations.

But unions set the rules for the labor market as a whole, not just workplaces where the workforce had unionized.

An Amazon warehouse with zero union employees would still have to have union conditions/pay for all employees. It wouldn’t be possible to not do it. And it’s not possible as an individual employee to negotiate a contract with worse terms (the equivalent of taking work under a minimum wage level).

So in Sweden there is no recognizing unions. It’s like recognizing labor laws. Not optional.

Re: Amazon reaches agreement with trade unions in Italy

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Post by switch007 »

swarnie wrote: post #35
switch007 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Put down. Interesting choice of phrase.

Interesting that my phrasing is the only thing you seem to have issue with. I assume you agree with my general analysis of the unions effect on Britain?

Why interesting? I simply decided to call you out for calling for the murder of union members.

It was before I was born and I don’t have much of an opinion. I do have a very strong opinion that nobody should advocate the murdering of union members, though.

Re: Amazon reaches agreement with trade unions in Italy

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Post by swarnie »

switch007 wrote: post #52
swarnie wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting that my phrasing is the only thing you seem to have issue with. I assume you agree with my general analysis of the unions effect on Britain?

Why interesting? I simply decided to call you out for calling for the murder of union members. It was before I was born and I don’t have much of an opinion. I do have a very strong opinion that nobody should advocate the murdering of union members, though.

None of the 11 definitions offered by google mention the murder of people, maybe your confused?

The closest answer is the 3rd:

put down

phrasal verb of put

3) suppress a rebellion, coup, or riot by force. "the security forces put down a coup attempt in the capital"

Re: Amazon reaches agreement with trade unions in Italy

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Post by throwaway525142 »

swarnie wrote: post #53
switch007 wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why interesting? I simply decided to call you out for calling for the murder of union members. It was before I was born and I don’t have much of an opinion. I do have a very strong opinion that nobody should advocate the murdering of union members, though.

None of the 11 definitions offered by google mention the murder of people, maybe your confused? The closest answer is the 3rd: put down phrasal verb of put 3) suppress a rebellion, coup, or riot by force. "the security forces put down a coup attempt in the capital"

https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=put_down&oldid=6...

4th definition: (euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal).

I'd say it's not out of question that this could be applied to people as well.

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