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Re:Union's evidence in Amazon vote 'could be grounds for ove... by LatteLazy on Thursday April 29, 2021 @07:56AM (#26980010)
In fairness, that's because amazon gives its workers health insurance. Plenty of similar workers get nothing (Walmart for instance).

More generally I agree this needs totally rethinking, but Democrats have been trying to do that for at least 20 years so it might be a list cause...

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Re:Union's evidence in Amazon vote 'could be grounds for ove... by rascul on Thursday April 29, 2021 @08:47AM (#26980466)
> Plenty of similar workers get nothing (Walmart for instance).

That doesn't seem to be the case. https://one.walmart.com/content/dam/themepage/pdfs/Associate...

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Re:Union's evidence in Amazon vote 'could be grounds for ove... by LatteLazy on Thursday April 29, 2021 @11:36AM (#26982523)
As I understand it... You only get coverage if you work 30h a week (and pay for it, per your link). Walmart usually schedules people for fewer hours a week to avoid this.

This is why (despite technically providing healthcare) Walmart is number one for employees enrolled in Medicaid [0].

Amazon's insurance kicks in at 20h a week [1]

[0] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/walmart-and-mcdonalds-among-...

[1] https://www.amazon.jobs/en/landing_pages/benefitsoverview-us

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