Seattle Amazon workers plan walkout over return to office, layoffs

Re:Seattle Amazon workers plan walkout over return to office... by shawndrost on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @01:20AM (#36040176)

My good man, you are responding to an actual union organizer who actually spent the recent boom years doing "now is the right time" work at software companies, at the actual right time.

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Re:Seattle Amazon workers plan walkout over return to office... by pharmakom on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @02:52AM (#36040801)

This is really interesting! What motivated you to start? It’s not like SWE are poorly treated on the scale of all professions. Do you predict some really bad times after the boom times?

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Re:Seattle Amazon workers plan walkout over return to office... by RSZC on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @08:30PM (#36052523)

If we're taking this opportunity to shout out others

Thank you Shawn - in many ways I owe my career to you!

-HR 33

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Re:Seattle Amazon workers plan walkout over return to office... by adultSwim on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @01:44PM (#36061603)

It's easier to make a case to workers when things aren't so good.

This is particularly significant in software, where we have little experience with the benefits of organizing. It's an uphill fight to convince fellow workers. There have been decades of, now internalized, anti-union sentiment from owners.

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