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Re:Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama by missedthecue on Friday April 09, 2021 @02:23PM (#26754079)
The lowest paid person at Amazon is earning well over the median wage in Bessemer, Alabama.

Amazon could probably have no problem staffing the center at $11/hr there, but they're paying $18-$22 instead. How on earth can you define that as 'exploitation'? It's borderline charity, given the observable labor market equilibrium there.

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Re:Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama by uoaei on Friday April 09, 2021 @03:24PM (#26754917)
Paying someone more money does not make working conditions less exploitative.
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Re:Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama by lupire on Friday April 09, 2021 @06:54PM (#26757207)
Is the lowest Amazon job as easy and safe as the below median jobs in Bessemer?

Speedwalking an Amazon warehouse carrying objects, run by hyper-optimizing automation that times tasks to the second, is different from leaning on idle cash register at McDonalds, or slowly pushing a vacuum cleaner.

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