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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by beaconstudios on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @09:30AM (#18121412)
it makes sense, because unionisation will decrease the company's competitiveness, leading to their clients shifting to another (non-unionised) call centre and everyone getting fired. Thus companies in sectors like this end up trying to squeeze every drop out of their employees before they quit, because they are expendable.
Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by emodendroket on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @09:36AM (#18121476)
We were directly employed by the company for whom we were providing service rather than being a third-party call center.
Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by beaconstudios on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @09:39AM (#18121507)
even in that case, companies are aware of the cost-increasing effect of unionisation so the action is the same, but via direct company action rather than market attrition.