Amazon fires employees who supported “yellow vest” blockades of Amazon sites

Re:Amazon fires employees who supported “yellow vest” blocka... by sokoloff on Monday February 04, 2019 @08:57AM (#19076362)

From the article: "Il faut du renfort et des palettes, les amis !"

which translates roughly to: "It takes reinforcement and pallets, friends!"

That is what I read as "calling on people to bring blockade materials." (My French is somewhat halting and far from fluent, but I don't think I've mis-understood here.)

Pallets don't have a place in free speech/supportable picketing, IMO. They do have a place in illegal blockades.

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Re:Amazon fires employees who supported “yellow vest” blocka... by benj111 on Monday February 04, 2019 @09:23AM (#19076535)

Pallets are commonly broken up for firewood for pickets, especially in the middle of winter.

Pallets certainly don't say blockade to me.

So again that could be read either way.

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Re:Amazon fires employees who supported “yellow vest” blocka... by sokoloff on Monday February 04, 2019 @10:03AM (#19076835)

If there's a blockade and that blockade is using pallet material, I would expect the ex-employee to lose that argument.

If it's just for fuel, I agree with your point.

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Re:Amazon fires employees who supported “yellow vest” blocka... by benj111 on Monday February 04, 2019 @10:56AM (#19077305)

Agreed :)

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