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Re:Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses s... by plandis on Thursday November 23, 2017 @02:30PM (#15767290)
Wait, what? You can’t fire people who refuse to work? That sounds absolutely crazy.
Re:Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses s... by konschubert on Thursday November 23, 2017 @03:03PM (#15767468)
It's calling for strike law.

You're constructing a straw man here or maybe you're misinformed: A strike is a structured process that requires a prior vote by the union members. And people don't get paid during strike.

Re:Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses s... by nkkollaw on Thursday November 23, 2017 @03:07PM (#15767491)
It's not crazy in a civilized country. They're not slaves, you know..?
Re:Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses s... by ars on Thursday November 23, 2017 @09:00PM (#15769007)
But the people paying them are slaves, and can be forced to continue paying them for nothing?
Re:Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses s... by coredog64 on Thursday November 23, 2017 @09:16PM (#15769049)
They aren't usually paid during the strike.
Re:Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses s... by nkkollaw on Friday November 24, 2017 @04:18AM (#15770242)
The people paying them must respect labor laws, which grant workers the right to strike without getting fired in civilized countries, so that the owner of the business can't exploit them without consequences.
Re:Workers at Amazon's main Italian hub, German warehouses s... by alkonaut on Thursday November 23, 2017 @03:51PM (#15767714)
Put it this way then: you can’t hire someone on a contract that doesn’t include the right for them to strike without being fired. Because that would be illegal.

So what they are doing is entirely within their employment contracts.