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Are they coordinating to create a monopoly on labor with the goal of price fixing? How can hat be legal? :P
by dantheman 5y ago
Are they coordinating to create a monopoly on labor with the goal of price fixing? How can hat be legal? :P
- gorgoiler 5y agoThere’s nothing wrong with a monopoly. Exploiting a monopoly to do something bad — that’s illegal. So now it comes down to who is the doing the bigger evil: unions allegedly hampering free market capitalism, or Amazon allegedly exploiting workers.
- Ericson2314 5y agoBuilding a monopoly in the face of a monopsony is 100% ethical.
- missedthecue 5y agoA monopsony? That's an interesting accusation. Amazon has over 100 warehouses across the country -- that's a lot. Can you name me one, just one, where they have a monopsony on the local labor supply? Where there are no restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, department stores, hardware stores, car washes, janitorial services, couriers, or any other type of business competing for the same labor pool?
- Ericson2314 5y ago|warehouse employers| <<<<<< |warehouse employees| This is not how labor market monopsony is usually defined, but I say that's simply a sign of us setting the bar too low. Fixing this would require at least one - employers with N employees to take on employees with average N jobs - big unions for big corps - Everything becomes co-ops - Full socialism You tell me what sounds the most practical.
- lazide 5y agoSame way baseball, football, etc. labor price fixing is legal - it’s gov’t protected price fixing
- cartoonworld 5y agoFunny :) I can do this too: Amazon is feudalism to their employees, demanding totalitarian fealty in exchange for insulin. They even ban membership in professional organizations by their employees in a rapt, paranoid, control fantasy. Amazon even has cameras in some their homes, steals their wifi, and receives much their internet traffic.
- teclordphrack2 5y agoWhat a right wing insanity post.