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Re:US labor board official orders Amazon to redo union vote ... by whimsicalism on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @12:20PM (#29394638)
Sure, if the company is of the sort that can function fine without its workers. This does not really always work out in practice, esp. in today's labor market.

If you start hiring permanent replacements, you're basically killing any chance of a successful negotiation.

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Re:US labor board official orders Amazon to redo union vote ... by jjk166 on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @02:47PM (#29396575)
That's sort of the point. Amazon can function just fine without these particular employees, the jobs they are doing don't require any special skills or training, and the already high wages make them very attractive to job seekers. For Amazon, having a union in permanent impotent limbo would be a best case scenario.
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Re:US labor board official orders Amazon to redo union vote ... by s1artibartfast on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @02:09PM (#29396123)
IF you don't want the union to begin with, you are OK will the union negotiation failing.
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