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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage a... by FPGAhacker on Monday October 07, 2019 @11:27AM (#21181967)
Not that it is the supreme court's fault, assuming that test is very explicit in the act.

But seriously, could that test be any more absurd? The test should not be "of Amazon could eliminate screenings with out affecting the primary job." It should be if the employee could choose not to participate without it affecting their job.

It's the difference between voluntary and compelled.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage a... by tom_mellior on Monday October 07, 2019 @11:36AM (#21182106)
> Not that it is the supreme court's fault, assuming that test is very explicit in the act.

Couldn't the Supreme Court declare the test unconstitutional?

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage a... by mentat on Monday October 07, 2019 @11:47AM (#21182246)
On what basis?
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage a... by tom_mellior on Monday October 07, 2019 @12:02PM (#21182453)
Being locked up at work without compensation. I guess the Constitution's "involuntary servitude" wording was meant for other contexts (actual 24/7 slavery), but this still seems like a basic human rights violation. But maybe the US Supreme Court doesn't view itself as a human rights court, so I don't know. That's why I asked.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage a... by s1artibartfast on Monday October 07, 2019 @02:53PM (#21184579)
That simply isn't how the Supreme (or any) court works. Perhaps there is a servitude issue at hand, but that is not the argument that the plaintiff made.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage a... by tom_mellior on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @04:26AM (#21189986)
So what you're saying is that this is exactly how the Supreme Court works if someone comes and makes an appropriate argument?
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