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Re:Amazon joins companies arguing US labor board is unconsti... by foofie on Friday February 16, 2024 @12:24PM (#39400056)
> They yearn for socialism and this is how they express it.

Socialism is not the bogeyman you think it is. Some of us who were fortunate enough to benefit from living in countries in western Europe can tell you that basic rights such as 10 weeks of paid parental leave including for the father is a very nice thing to have.

Re:Amazon joins companies arguing US labor board is unconsti... by hobotime on Friday February 16, 2024 @12:45PM (#39400391)
Paid leave has nothing to do with "workers owning the means of production."

My employees get a ton of paid leave because I respect them, not because our business is socialist.

Re:Amazon joins companies arguing US labor board is unconsti... by larkost on Friday February 16, 2024 @07:33PM (#39404951)
You are choosing that, and that is admirable. But in a democratic-socialist country (pick pretty much and country in Europe with the possible exception of Switzerland), that is not an employer being nice, but is the law so it is not up to the employer to decide if their employees get that or not.
Re:Amazon joins companies arguing US labor board is unconsti... by wakawaka28 on Friday February 16, 2024 @12:46PM (#39400399)
I'm sure it is very nice to have extra vacation. That might be why European salaries are lower than US salaries, and their tax rates are higher still.

Behold, a socialist "utopia" where people line up 3 days to see a "free" dentist: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/people-line-outside-dentist-third-... This is probably a little worse than average but I have heard many times that socialist countries with free healthcare will let you die before seeing you, because they simply don't have resources to live up to the promise. In that case you'd be lucky to have cash to get out and see a doctor in another country.

Re:Amazon joins companies arguing US labor board is unconsti... by elktown on Friday February 16, 2024 @01:24PM (#39400967)
> I'm sure it is very nice to have extra vacation.

Parental leave is not vacation.

Re:Amazon joins companies arguing US labor board is unconsti... by wakawaka28 on Friday February 16, 2024 @01:41PM (#39401181)
You said "paid leave" not "parental leave" so booyah lol
Re:Amazon joins companies arguing US labor board is unconsti... by elktown on Friday February 16, 2024 @01:49PM (#39401299)
The quality of your comments is so poor it's on a caricature level.

> basic rights such as 10 weeks of paid parental leave

Re:Amazon joins companies arguing US labor board is unconsti... by timeon on Friday February 16, 2024 @02:51PM (#39402073)
At the and of the day, life expectancy is lower in US than in western Europe.
Re:Amazon joins companies arguing US labor board is unconsti... by rangestransform on Saturday February 17, 2024 @03:44PM (#39413378)
I always wonder if this is still true for 90th or 95th percentile income in each region
Re:Amazon joins companies arguing US labor board is unconsti... by ihumanable on Friday February 16, 2024 @02:51PM (#39402087)
Behold a capitalist "utopia" where maybe if you are lucky your community might throw you a scrap of healthcare once a year https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/...
Re:Amazon joins companies arguing US labor board is unconsti... by FireBeyond on Friday February 16, 2024 @04:10PM (#39403015)
They were lining up because their local area had had a significant shortage of dentists, not because of some socialist death panel agenda.

Behold, a capitalist "utopia" where your medical bills being paid can depend on how many people you can share your GoFundMe with, or where you divorce your lifelong spouse while on hospice care so as to not saddle them with debts arising from your end of life care.

Re:Amazon joins companies arguing US labor board is unconsti... by Aloisius on Friday February 16, 2024 @07:24PM (#39404858)
Paid parental leave? Western Europe?

Who knew the socialist revolution would be won not through class struggles ultimately culminating in a violent popular uprising by the proletariat, but rather by redefining "socialism" to mean welfare capitalism?