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Yea so that way they'll have no jobs at all!

• deogeo 7y ago
  Or they will have jobs at other retailers, that will step in to take Amazon's market.
  • Mehvix 7y ago
    What makes you think other retailers will treat the employees better than Amazon is right now?
  • jonknee 7y ago
    They'll be in for a rude awakening when they find out other fulfillment center jobs are just as hard and pay equal or less.
    • icelancer 7y ago
      Yeah... I am wondering what most outraged people think other warehouse jobs pay and how they treat their employees.
    • deogeo 7y ago
      Other jobs are just as vulnerable to protests, strikes, and boycotts, so I don't see why they couldn't all be pressured to treat workers better. By your logic, workers should never fight abuse, as they'll "just get another job that's just as hard". But the history of labor shows this to be false, and that collective action can achieve improvements.
• chc 7y ago
  How is this not a generalized objection to any strike or boycott? That isn't the goal here, and historically, similar tactics have been effective.
• mkane848 7y ago
  Did that sound clever in your head?
  • dang 7y ago
    Please don't respond to a bad comment with a worse one. Maybe you don't owe the other commenter better, but you do owe the community better if you're posting here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    • mkane848 7y ago
      You're right, I just get really annoyed when people take flippant attitudes in situations that you'd think would elicit some empathy.
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