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Re:Amazon threatened driver’s job for leaving route during t... by justtologin on Friday December 17, 2021 @05:13PM (#29599013)
Our stuff isn't worth endangering their lives, but in many people's calculus, a paycheck is. That's one reason we have workplace safety laws, because a pure market solution would lead to people doing unsafe things.
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Re:Amazon threatened driver’s job for leaving route during t... by nickff on Friday December 17, 2021 @05:17PM (#29599052)
>"a pure market solution would lead to people doing unsafe things"

This depends on what you mean by "a pure market solution", as most workplace safety laws were put in place to make things more predictable for employers, rather than helping employees. The 'old system' in most places involved one-off lawsuits with somewhat unpredictable outcomes.

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