Re:Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama
by SpicyLemonZest on Friday April 09, 2021 @01:19PM
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But I think this is a clear example of an issue where pro-union rhetoric has diverged from the reality of the situation. Are there any workers who actually prefer formal, timed bathroom breaks over the "go whenever you want as long as you're meeting your productivity goals" model?
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Re:Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama
by regextegrity on Friday April 09, 2021 @02:55PM
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What?? I don't mean "formal, timed bathroom breaks". I don't even think that exists in the real world. I mean they don't have enough leeway in their incentive system, to the point where workers have to pee in bottles out of fear of missing quotas and losing their job
Re:Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama
by SpicyLemonZest on Friday April 09, 2021 @04:06PM
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You're universalizing something that's by all accounts a very rare occurrence, which I think is again part of the disconnect. If union organizers go around saying "we have to pee in bottles because they don't give us restroom breaks!", that's not going to be very persuasive to the vast majority of Amazon workers who take breaks to use the provided restrooms.
Re:Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama
by regextegrity on Friday April 09, 2021 @04:18PM
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The peeing in bottles is just one of many symptoms of their terrible working conditions
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/05/amazon-wo...