Re:Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees
by coolreader18 on Thursday February 25, 2021 @10:27AM
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Read TFA - it's not just that Amazon is encouraging workers to vote no, they've set up mailboxes on-site that they're encouraging people to send their ballots with, making union organizers wary that Amazon is trying to keep tabs on who votes, even though it's supposed to be anonymous.
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Re:Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees
by chasd00 on Thursday February 25, 2021 @11:23AM
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> making union organizers wary that Amazon is trying to keep tabs on who votes, even though it's supposed to be anonymous.
heh if it passes and a union is formed i wonder how many "tabs" are going to be kept on employees who dare choose not to join. There's plenty of precedent for unions doing their own threatening and pressuring of employees to increase the coffers.
Re:Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees
by duxup on Thursday February 25, 2021 @10:36AM
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>making union organizers wary that Amazon is trying to keep tabs on who votes
I can understand being wary, but that's all it is, wary.
Re:Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees
by fireball_blaze on Thursday February 25, 2021 @11:12AM
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How could you possibly know unless you are on the Amazon union busting team?
Re:Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees
by s1artibartfast on Thursday February 25, 2021 @06:37PM
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The fact that it is unknowable does not mean that Amazon is guilty.
I think we are both retreating to our priors, but it also seems speculative that amazon is using a sealed ballot drop off location to somehow track who is voting yes or no.
I think this is pretty standard and if they didn't have drop onsite drop off locations, the story would be that they are discouraging organizers by not providing them