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The virus, in some ways, has given them the opposite of leverage. The labor market is and will be flooded with laid off workers.
by motbob 7y ago
The virus, in some ways, has given them the opposite of leverage. The labor market is and will be flooded with laid off workers.
- ken 7y agoThen again, lots of laid off workers (like me) come from other unions. What better way to unionize a workplace than by flooding it with union workers from other industries?
- jcampbell1 7y agoEx-union workers aren’t a protected class in the US and there is often discrimination.
- claudeganon 7y agoThat’s why it’s actually important to unionize in the very near term. Amazon can’t replace all of their workers if they unionize right away and the union leverage can guarantee safer working conditions for all the new hires.
- leetcrew 7y agoit's a tricky time for both sides. imagine the optics of actually striking during the current crisis. not sure whether amazon or the union would come out looking worse, but it would be a big hit to both.
- dahfizz 7y ago> Amazon can’t replace all of their workers if they unionize right away I bet they could.
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