Amazon warehouse workers 'peed in bottles' fearing punishment for taking breaks

Re:Amazon warehouse workers 'peed in bottles' fearing punish... by bbddg on Monday April 16, 2018 @03:08PM (#16851799)

It might have had some effect but decline in Union membership and collective bargaining power are much more important. After all, we're seeing record profits and a massive transfer of wealth to the top 1%. If workers could effectively organize, the increase in workforce wouldn't matter.

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Re:Amazon warehouse workers 'peed in bottles' fearing punish... by conanbatt on Monday April 16, 2018 @04:45PM (#16852602)

Ridiculous, thats not how unions work. Look at the history of argentina, where unions have constitutional protections, and tell me thats what help grow the economy.

Unions can only raise a workers wage in two ways: by increasing productivity (which they seldom do) or by restricting the amount of workers.

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Re:Amazon warehouse workers 'peed in bottles' fearing punish... by bbddg on Monday April 16, 2018 @05:16PM (#16852867)

I don't really know anything about the situation in Argentina but I don't think Unions are an unequivocal good no matter what form they take. Unions in many cases have leadership that don't have the interest of the workers at heart. What I really mean is that workers organizing together and using collective bargaining is a proven way to increase worker conditions and pay.

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Re:Amazon warehouse workers 'peed in bottles' fearing punish... by fastball on Monday April 16, 2018 @05:43PM (#16853090)

  leadership that don't have the interest of the workers at heart

  workers organizing together and using collective bargaining

So what you're saying is we need decentralized unions on the blockchain?

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Re:Amazon warehouse workers 'peed in bottles' fearing punish... by bbddg on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:04PM (#16853258)

Uber for Unions :)

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