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Re:Amazon deletes job listings for analysts to track ‘labor ... by diebeforei485 on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @01:39PM (#24344416)
I think unions are only helpful when employers are particularly bad and have no intention of improving.

In most other cases, unions are generally harmful, including most public-sector unions.

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Re:Amazon deletes job listings for analysts to track ‘labor ... by AlexandrB on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @01:51PM (#24344582)
The problem is that the needle for "particularly bad" gets moved every year if there's no countervailing force. Short (<3hr) shifts and JiT scheduling were "particularly bad" a few years ago. Now they're probably the norm in the service/retail industry. The new innovation(s) thanks to Amazon seem to be unpaid security screenings and hidden performance metrics. How long until these are just SOP for all large retail companies?
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