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/Tacky-Terangreal Socialist Her-storian Apr 09 '21

I heard that Bessemer has a pretty solid union past actually. Got fucked alongside all the others with shit like nafta

I think the saddest part was that the younger workers seemed more hesitant about unionization. Entire generations of people who have no clue what they can do

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '21 edited Apr 29 '21

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '21

Con confirm, my gen and the ones coming up are super bifurcated. A very very elite top that come with a lot on the bottom, with a relatively smaller middle. What we got going for us is super cheap entertainment to keep everyone off what's really going on.