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Interestingly enough the main sponsor for one of the bills (Jayapal) represents pretty much all the tech workers that work at Amazon in Seattle. Wonder how the
by plandis 5y ago
Interestingly enough the main sponsor for one of the bills (Jayapal) represents pretty much all the tech workers that work at Amazon in Seattle.
Wonder how they will feel knowing their representative is proposing legislation will likely hurt their financial well-being.
Edit: Why the downvotes? I think it’s an interesting dynamic between constituents and their representative.
- rsynnott 5y agoHow would it do that? It’s not like Amazon is going to go “oh, well, if we can’t be an abusive monopoly we’ll just close down”. They (or their fragments) will presumably still need employees, who they’ll have to pay market rates to.
- decebalus1 5y ago> Wonder how they will feel knowing their representative is proposing legislation will likely hurt their financial well-being. If you're a rank-and-file employee in those companies and legitimately think these bills will significantly affect your financial well-being, you've successfully been brainwashed to believe that your stake in the company actually matters.
- wildrhythms 5y agoThe workers don't own the company.