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Re:Jeff Bezos’ Dystopian Legacy Goes Far Beyond Amazon by actually_a_dog on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @05:52AM (#27831293)
How do you disentangle politics and economics here? Or, are you just claiming that unions are focusing on the wrong side of the equation?
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Re:Jeff Bezos’ Dystopian Legacy Goes Far Beyond Amazon by sk4rekr0w on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @06:02AM (#27831347)
I think the disentanglement is fairly simple.

If you want to improve conditions for workers, just say that you want to improve pay / $hr, increase break time by x min, and define xyz working conditions and have a detailed plan to support that. I've personally seen 0 unions pursue this approach... but have seen plenty advocate support for completely unrelated, purely political topics (e.g. voicing support for Palestine)

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