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Re:Amazon Workers Facing Firing Can Appeal to a Jury of Thei... by JoeAltmaier on Monday June 25, 2018 @05:21PM (#17395905)
You'd have to be in a position to sue anybody. Which working-class folks definitely are not. No suit is worthwhile for a few hundred bucks anyway - but that much money matters a lot to an individual working paycheck to paycheck.

As usual, there's a system in place and lofty rules about 'right to work' but it functions only for the well-off. The entitled if you will.

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Re:Amazon Workers Facing Firing Can Appeal to a Jury of Thei... by bena on Monday June 25, 2018 @05:46PM (#17396092)
By the time it gets to court, it's no longer a few hundred bucks. And even if you take it to small claims, you can get the defendant to pay the costs if they lose. And they will lose. Because withholding pay is kind of illegal.

The vacation/sick pay issue is more of a grey issue as it's mostly a matter of company policy than any legal issue.

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Re:Amazon Workers Facing Firing Can Appeal to a Jury of Thei... by infinite8s on Monday June 25, 2018 @06:44PM (#17396465)
Payout of unused vacation time is also a matter of state law (for example, it's required in California)
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Re:Amazon Workers Facing Firing Can Appeal to a Jury of Thei... by throwaway2048 on Monday June 25, 2018 @08:21PM (#17396995)
the awarding of court costs is very rare in the usa.
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Re:Amazon Workers Facing Firing Can Appeal to a Jury of Thei... by twblalock on Monday June 25, 2018 @05:39PM (#17396040)
"Right to work" typically refers to laws that prevent union membership being a requirement to work at certain employers. I don't think that's what you mean here.
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Re:Amazon Workers Facing Firing Can Appeal to a Jury of Thei... by pseudalopex on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @04:46AM (#17398865)
Requiring union membership is illegal in the US. "Right to work" laws allow non-members not to pay for representation that federal law requires the union to provide.
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