U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage appeal

Re:U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage a... by Buge on Monday October 07, 2019 @11:36AM (#21182108)

I don't see how it's that similar. Employees getting a new job is often very difficult, so would create a lot of difficulty for a lot of people. Whereas Amazon raising their prices by a few cents shouldn't be much work.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage a... by mikelyons on Monday October 07, 2019 @01:47PM (#21183795)

It's not about the difficulty of raising prices, it's about the impact to the bottom line profit to shareholders when a few cents is extrapolated over a billion transactions.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage a... by Buge on Monday October 07, 2019 @02:33PM (#21184359)

The percent impact would be negligible, I expect lower than daily fluctuation. Anyway, the law isn't just designed to protect shareholders, it's designed to protect everyone.

If someone can make money by fraud, that money is not justification to allow fraud. The US economy relies on dependable contacts.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage a... by Supermancho on Monday October 07, 2019 @03:10PM (#21184761)

> Anyway, the law isn't just designed to protect shareholders,

Which law? "The Law" as an ideal, is impartial. That's irrelevant. In practice, applied law (and the cousin enforced law) leads to biased results, favoring the wealthy and the status quo while remaining "impartial".

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage a... by Buge on Monday October 07, 2019 @09:47PM (#21187893)

Ok, then "the law shouldn't be just designed".

We shouldn't let a defeatist attitude discourage attempts at improvement.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage a... by Supermancho on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @11:50PM (#21266893)

Nor should we pretend "the law" is perfect in application and outcome...or why would anyone try to improve it?

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage a... by uoaei on Monday October 07, 2019 @03:41PM (#21185113)

Percent impact is non-negligible when you consider the impatience of the average consumer.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage a... by Buge on Monday October 07, 2019 @09:38PM (#21187857)

I was thinking Amazon would raise prices slightly, not make stuff slower.

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