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People aren't tools. Amazon doesn't by virtue of being a business deserve apolitical drones to do its bidding. That's the entire point of unions. Employers hav
by thomastjeffery 6y ago
People aren't tools. Amazon doesn't by virtue of being a business deserve apolitical drones to do its bidding.
That's the entire point of unions. Employers have too much leverage over employees, so employees have to use activism to counterbalance.
> these workers clearly were focused on their campaign to make Amazon, their employer, look bad publicly.
So the question you are begging is, "Is Amazon privately bad?" From what I have heard about the company over the last few months, the answer is likely, "Yes."
So shouldn't the employees who have the most leverage be the most politically active? How else do we reconcile the inherent leverage a "bad" corporation has over its employees?
> Imagine just trying to do your job and having to deal with these two on your team.
Imagine trying to just do your job, but knowing it's all for a corporation that is treating other employees extremely poorly; and fighting to keep its leverage over them. Don't you have a moral imperative to do something about it?
Do you actually instead have a moral imperative to keep your head down and focus on your work? I find that notion outrageous.