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Re:Amazon reportedly has Pinkerton agents surveil workers wh... by natpalmer1776 on Thursday December 03, 2020 @11:30AM (#25290608)
It is incredibly played up.

10 years ago, warehouse conditions were the same or worse as they are now except you would be lucky to get $16/hr without a forklift operator certification or some other credential that made it more than just 'unskilled labor'

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Re:Amazon reportedly has Pinkerton agents surveil workers wh... by mrguyorama on Thursday December 03, 2020 @12:12PM (#25291313)
And ~160 years ago we had literal slavery, doesn't mean that people's working conditions currently are good, just because others were bad or even are still currently bad
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