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Check out this CNBC interview with one of the warehouse organisers who was fired. (Which led to Tim Bray quitting.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15HUGc7R8h
by pwdisswordfish2 6y ago
Check out this CNBC interview with one of the warehouse organisers who was fired. (Which led to Tim Bray quitting.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15HUGc7R8hw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15HUGc7R8hw
At one point it almost seems like he is suggesting to this poor guy that it is unreasonable for him to protest for better working conditions because "people like me" need to be able to place orders on Amazon while in lockdown. Imagine the difference in salary between the guy working for CNBC and the guy working in the Amazon warehouse. Feels as if we are watching some dystopian fantasy film like Hunger Games.
- bryanrasmussen 6y agoI think it's a knee-jerk feeling that during an emergency you shouldn't refuse to work because you are making it harder on everyone else, as well as taking advantage of the emergency. That sounds reasonable enough, until you think about the fact that unless they organize and demand improvement now they won't have the leverage to do it after the emergency is over.
- brailsafe 6y agoWatched and agreed.