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My guess is that they didn't fire them for "letting it happen" exactly. They probably fired them because the employees would view those managers as someone they recently defeated over a major issue. Which changes the power dynamic in a way that's distinct from the presence of the union itself. It's a weak attempt to get some of that back.
Disgusting anyway.
> Several were veterans of the company, with more than six years of experience I think it's sad that we have an industry, where someone with six years' experience, is considered a "veteran." But it sounds like Amazon is sending a message to managers of other warehouses, to go as low as possible, to fight unionization. Expect things to get ugly.
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It's confusing why investors haven't pushed harder for AWS to be spun-off into its own entity.
The largest customer of AWS is Amazon. AWS would not be profitable without Amazon.
2. Amazon can be a customer of AWS's, even if the latter is spun out
They’re reaching a market cap where it would make sense to fire everyone but AWS.
For real. Amazon's retail side is nothing but bad pr and other messy human entanglements. AWS is clean, profitable, and nearly ubiquitous. I definitely know which business I would rather be in
Does Amazon manage to even treat senior managers badly?
They’re reaching a market cap where it would make sense to fire everyone but AWS.
It's confusing why investors haven't pushed harder for AWS to be spun-off into its own entity.
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So you think corporations should break the law? Workers have the right to organize a union, firing workers in retaliation for organizing has long been illegal: https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/the-law/em...
Not the OP and not supporting his opinion, but these where not workers they fired, they were senior managers, and I believe it's not illegal. I guess the OP means that they should be fired for failing to do their job, ie. "convince" the workers to not unionize.
If someone put those managers in charge of "convincing" workers to not unionize, aren't they responsible as well?
And who gave the order to put someone to "convince" them, haven't they failed too?
As they should!
It boggles the mind how many people are opposed to collective bargaining, of all things. Give the least powerful in society a fraction of an ounce of power and it makes some people completely irrational.
It was a big hit to peoples conceptualization of the country.
"fired"? don't they have time limited contracts, that include a golden parachute in case of early termination? Does Amazon manage to even treat senior managers badly?