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Labor/Workers movements thread

Fear of reprisal, Amazon spent a lot to quash the movement, lack of union benefits education, anti labor state, everything kinda stacked against it.

Chicago seems a more promising next spot for Amazon unionizing.
 
Fear of reprisal, Amazon spent a lot to quash the movement, lack of union benefits education, anti labor state, everything kinda stacked against it.

Or a majority of the workers simply believe the cost of a union exceeds its benefit.
 
it's possible, but does make you wonder why Amazon did everything it could to avoid a fair fight
 
If you are interested in what the predominant concerns are in Bessemer, they aren't really over pay ($15.31 is the average Bessemer Amazon warehouse pay vs $18 for unionized warehouse workplaces). They are more concerned with taking breaks, employee surveillance, and termination procedures.
 
Solidarity with McDonalds workers striking today for $15 wage and a union.
 
The stuff coming out about conditions at the Frito Lay facility is absolutely horrifying.
 
The stuff coming out about conditions at the Frito Lay facility is absolutely horrifying.

I've read several times in different articles that we're living in a Second Gilded Age, and it appears that we indeed are.
 
Don't forget - "TheY could jUst Go WORk sOmEWhErE else"
 
In the race to the bottom, this is logically what you get.
 
NLRB officer says Amazon violated US labor law

An initial assessment from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has recommended workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama hold a new election to determine whether to unionize with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). The recommendation comes from the hearing officer assigned to the case and is only a preliminary ruling, but still hands the union a surprising win in a fight that many in the labor movement had considered lost.

In April, workers at Amazon’s fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama voted not to unionize by a margin of more than 2-to-1. But in the aftermath of the result, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) alleged that Amazon had illegally influenced the drive and petitioned the NLRB to invalidate the result. In particular, the RWDSU raised questions around a USPS mailbox installed in the fulfillment center parking lot during the drive. The union alleged it gave some workers the impression that Amazon had improper access to mailed ballots.

similar to shit that went down with our election, tbh - hearing officer flagged several ways the university influenced the outcome of the election

no second election for us yet tho
 
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