Amazon instructs New York workers “don't sign” union cards

Re:Amazon instructs New York workers “don't sign” union cards by jupp0r on Saturday July 16, 2022 @09:48AM (#32118055)

I don’t think you are taking the price increases and inefficiencies that a nationally isolated economy would produce into account. People with less disposable income would suffer most from this.

If you don’t like supply chain issues and inflation right now, you won’t like the model you propose.

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Re:Amazon instructs New York workers “don't sign” union cards by Retric on Saturday July 16, 2022 @09:57AM (#32118133)

How much do you think Amazon can actually raise prices before people just shop elsewhere?

The simple truth is warehouse employee salaries aren’t significant because of throughput. Someone making 30$/hour vs 15$/hour sounds huge but when people are picking 300+ items an hour that’s 5 cents a pop. But, more realistic unionized job would be 17$/hour but only 250 items a sub 2 cents increase.

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Re:Amazon instructs New York workers “don't sign” union cards by jupp0r on Saturday July 16, 2022 @10:17AM (#32118363)

100% agreed. My comment was referring to the part of OPs comment where they criticized globalization and proposed capital controls.

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