Pre-emptive union busting! It’s like we’re repeating the worst aspects of our history.
Jason Koebler @jason_koebler
1 Sep 2020
Amazon is hiring an intelligence agent to identify union organizers vice.com/en_us/article/qj4aq…

Sep 1, 2020 · 11:11 PM UTC

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I'd say that the ruling class is "learning from" the so-called "worst aspects" of our history. We peons just keep trying to rediscover and half-ass reenact those lessons. Bezos figured it out.
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I’ve lived in Indonesian slums with sweatshop workers, exploited at the hands of U.S. corporations like #Nike. I’ve had my life threatened along with my fellow organizers. What Amazon is doing is nothing new. It’s just happening here, again. Watch 👇🏻👇🏽👇🏾 youtube.com/M5uYCWVfuPQ

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Marianne, did you know that a University hired pinkertons with CIA ties to run surveillance on graduate student unions at UC Santa Cruz and other UCs? jacobinmag.com/2020/06/gover…

Government Surveillance of Activists and Labor Organizers Is Alive and Well

Recently revealed emails show that a wide range of public entities were used to police a California graduate workers strike. It’s part of a long tradition of government agencies spying on labor...

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Doesn't Amazon already use phony employee / management job satisfaction surveys to "heat map" their Whole Foods stores?
Marianne Williamson
 @marwilliamson
1 Sep 2020
Pre-emptive union busting! It’s like we’re repeating the worst aspects of our history.
Replying to @marwilliamson @krystalball
This tactic should be totally expected from amazon, which is why we should break up amazon.
Replying to @marwilliamson @LaurenEBowles
Time to re-air Norma Rae
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Republicans wanna bust labor unions but coddle the most corrupt police unions
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The past is never really past. It hangs in the wings. Waiting for a reunion with the present. Two origins of modern American police forces: Slave patrols Strike busters
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Can you blame him? How is he supposed to live off 200,000,000,000?
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We are. WW3 starts in October.
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