Amazon Warehouse Workers to Decide Whether to Form Company's First U.S. Union

Re:Amazon Warehouse Workers to Decide Whether to Form Compan... by koolba on Friday January 15, 2021 @03:36PM (#25796053)

I take it a step further and reject all public sector unions. Teachers, cops, firemen, dog catchers, you name it.

There’s just too many perverse incentives for politicians to give in to union demands in exchange for buying votes. Unlike the private sector, the ones agreeing to the union demands care little about the long term costs associated since they’re not the ones paying them.

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Re:Amazon Warehouse Workers to Decide Whether to Form Compan... by nicoburns on Friday January 15, 2021 @03:38PM (#25796081)

> There’s just too many perverse incentives for politicians to give in to union demands in exchange for buying votes

If politicians were looking to maximise votes, wouldn't they target parents not teachers: there's a lot more parents than teachers.

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Re:Amazon Warehouse Workers to Decide Whether to Form Compan... by thatguy0900 on Friday January 15, 2021 @03:45PM (#25796178)

Teachers are alot more likely to be single issue voters over important aspects of their job than parents will be about things they might not even know about, I'd imagine

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Re:Amazon Warehouse Workers to Decide Whether to Form Compan... by moate on Friday January 15, 2021 @04:03PM (#25796441)

I don't understand. Unions, private or public, represent a massive special interest voting bloc. Instead of "I will be able to directly raise your pay if you vote for me" it's "I will directly benefit your company/industry if you vote for me".

Why do you think Mitch McConnell cares so much about coal?

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