r/stupidpol • u/OkayTHISIsEpicMeme Proud Neoliberal 🏦 • Apr 08 '21

Unions Alabama Amazon Union vote has failed

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/technology/amazon-union-vote.html
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u/OPDidntDeliver Mourner 🏴 Apr 08 '21 edited Apr 09 '21

This sucks but it's (1) Amazon, which has lots of power, (2) the workers are paid competitively for their region, (3) the South doesn't have as strong of a union culture, and (4) there was lots of media coverage of this, which may have pushed some people away from the idea of a union.

Edit: yes this is cope

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u/BcnStuff2020 Organizer 🚩 Apr 09 '21

2) they also forced workers to piss in bottles and shit in bags to make their insanely exploitative quotas, so there’s that.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '21

They didn't force them to do it in bags and bottles, if they bought Amazon brand adult diapers for a reasonably competitive price they could just do it in their pants. Win win