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Amazon literally employs a union busting company from the last century (edit: from two centuries ago, apparently): > The Pinkerton National Detective Agency wa
by faitswulff 6y ago
Amazon literally employs a union busting company from the last century (edit: from two centuries ago, apparently):
> The Pinkerton National Detective Agency was founded as a private police force in Chicago in 1850, and quickly expanded its reach; its detectives initially focused on catching thieves and burglars, but soon became the bane of the labor movement for their work as enthusiastic, vicious strikebreakers. Throughout the Civil War era and in the decades after, Pinkerton operatives left their bloody mark on strikes, protests, and massacres, and gained a ruthless reputation for protecting the interests of capital by any means necessary.
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> The Pinkertons, who are now a subsidiary of Swedish security company Securitas AB, are reportedly cozying up to 2020’s version of the Gilded Age robber baron: Silicon Valley tech bosses like billionaire vampire Jeff Bezos, who has hired the Pinkerton Detective Agency to reportedly surveil workers in at least one of Amazon’s European warehouses and infiltrate its worksite, according to documents obtained by the publication.
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/who-were-the-pinkertons https://www.teenvogue.com/story/who-were-the-pinkertons
And yes, that is a Teen Vogue link, and yes, it’s worth reading.
- throwaway894345 6y agoWhen Teen Vogue calls someone a "billionaire vampire", is that a compliment, or are vampires out again?
- rtkwe 6y agoBillionaire vampire is out, vampire billionaire is ambiguous though I think the YA romance industry has moved on since 2010.
- tyingq 6y agoI do get the joke, but to balance it a bit, the writer is a freelancer, and does appear to have pretty good chops around labor issues. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimmkelly https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimmkelly
- lovegoblin 6y agoYeah, Teen Vogue has plenty of solid journalism.
- throwaway894345 6y agoI'm genuinely not sure if this is sarcasm or not. Teen Vogue is certainly surprisingly serious, but my standard for "solid journalism" involves some attempt at neutrality and objectivity as opposed to hyper-partisan ideology marketed to children. To be quite clear, the overall modern media landscape is highly partisan and sensationalist; Teen Vogue mostly only stands out in that they're marketing their divisive ideology directly to children. EDIT: This is unsurprisingly attracting downvotes. I'm curious if people are objecting to the characterization of Teen Vogue as partisan and ideological or the implication that marketing divisive ideology to children is a social ill? Or perhaps that journalism should aspire toward the truth and not partisan advocacy?
- lovegoblin 6y agoI assure you it is not sarcastic at all.
- throwaway894345 6y agoThanks for clarifying.
- faitswulff 6y agoSure, I’ll bite. I downvoted you because it’s not partisanship or divisiveness that should be decried, but the immense wealth inequality in the United States. And perhaps Teen Vogue is progressive because that’s where their readership already is, as opposed to them simply preying on a vulnerable population.
- throwaway894345 6y agoThanks for responding. For what it's worth, I fully agree that wealth inequality is one of the most important issues in America. On many policy issues, I'm progressive. But I just can't get behind political propaganda ('advocacy', if that's easier to swallow) billing itself as 'journalism', which I believe should ultimately be about seeking the truth (and ergo a pursuit of neutrality and objectivity). Journalism is most valuable when it hosts a robust debate; when one party to the debate is consistently a stooge or a caricature, the "debate" is less than worthless. The ideals of neutrality and objectivity are particularly important when children are the audience--the objective should be teaching children to think for themselves, not teaching them what they ought to think. Once upon a time I understood these to be progressive values.
- phabora 6y agoThe meaning is pretty straightforward to interpret. Vampires suck blood.
- Der_Einzige 6y agoThey call Bezos a vampire because he uses other peoples blood plasma to keep himself young and healthy. He's a fking vampire.
- throwaway894345 6y agoI thought it was because he sparkles in the sunlight.
- op03 6y agoThe RWDSU has a long history of dealing with much worse - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail,_Wholesale_and_Department_Store_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail,_Wholesale_and_Departme...
- shmageggy 6y agoI’ve seen Teen Vogue pop up a few times in recent years. Seems like a mix of deeper coverage is working out well for them https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/12/teen-vogue-politics/510374/ https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/12/te...
- alvarlagerlof 6y agoAre those the same Pinkertons as in RDR2