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Re:Amazon worker chat app to ban words such as “union”, “pay... by eftychis on Monday April 04, 2022 @08:48PM (#30913924)
These working conditions should simply be illegal in the U.S. (and the countries it is not already). There is no way around that. If society doesn't demand that then good luck to all of us. I am simply surprised again and again people haven't "broken" and keep putting up with this.
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Re:Amazon worker chat app to ban words such as “union”, “pay... by Jasper_ on Monday April 04, 2022 @09:51PM (#30914396)
Yes, it should be illegal. Some of them were once upon a time. But businesses keep lobbying saying that conditions like these are hurting their ability to retain profits, and the laws tend to get clawed back under the pretense of "job creation". Amazon fights tooth and nail to not have to pay the externalities of their terrible working conditions, and stop people organizing to make their workplace better.
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Re:Amazon worker chat app to ban words such as “union”, “pay... by pmoriarty on Monday April 04, 2022 @10:03PM (#30914503)
"businesses keep lobbying saying that conditions like these are hurting their ability to retain profits"

There are also plenty of ideologues in Washington who bristle at the mention of regulation, unions, and anything they don't deem as being "pro business".

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Re:Amazon worker chat app to ban words such as “union”, “pay... by eftychis on Monday April 04, 2022 @11:09PM (#30914909)
(General question, I agree with your statement above.) How is it pro business to ensure that employees -- a major stakeholder in businesses don't want to stay there? This historically, doesn't end well, right?

This is beyond splitting profits; it's driving back to Victorian era, and that did not end well for businesses. Increase in unemployment is just a sign.

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Re:Amazon worker chat app to ban words such as “union”, “pay... by heavyset_go on Monday April 04, 2022 @09:04PM (#30914045)
> I am simply surprised again and again people haven't "broken" and keep putting up with this.

Rates of deaths of despair suggest that people have broken, they just don't have the leverage to significantly change things.

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Re:Amazon worker chat app to ban words such as “union”, “pay... by mistermann on Monday April 04, 2022 @08:57PM (#30913990)
My understanding is that people voted for this, that's what I'm told anyways.
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