We need a whole new era of support for unions and worker’s right. Companies like Amazon should not be legally allowed to exploit and abuse workers the way they do. vice.com/en/article/y3gk3w/a…

Feb 4, 2021 · 6:42 PM UTC

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I work at a union steel mill and we’ve been working 12 hr swing shifts, 8-8 daylight followed by 8-8 midnight, what’s the deal?
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Unions have been under assault for the last 40 years, that’s what the deal is (seen as not “pro-business.” ) Workers’ rights chipped away at little by little; it’s time to course-correct.
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Have you heard of the pro act? google.com/amp/s/www.washing…
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And we need to recognize that this effort needs to happen locally - by union organizers and workers - in states where "right-to-work" and other worker suppression needs to be overturned, and nationally where worker rights have been pared back to indentured servitude
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Replying to @marwilliamson @johncusack
If only SW engineers had worked, amazon would end up being nothing. Workers should be paid well and their health care should be taken care of.
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Amazon needs to organize and strike. That’s the only language management understands
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npr.org/2021/01/28/960869795…
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Absolute power ... corrupts absolutely!
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Sounds like business as usual. Nothing new. Dish network has 4 day weeks with 10-14 hour days and more often than not mandatory 5th and sometimes 6th day overtime shifts with a high pressure to hit metrics and make sales. Would be nice to have union protection.
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