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I think I'd agree with you, but the unionization vote for amazon Warehouse workers failed ... by quite a large margin already. It's not lost on me either that

I think I'd agree with you, but the unionization vote for amazon Warehouse workers failed ... by quite a large margin already. It's not lost on me either that a vote of 3000 cast votes is not representative of every amazon warehouse, but I would think if it's really bad the vote would be much closer. https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/nlrb-announces-results-in-amazon-election https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/nlrb-announces...

ceejayoz 5y ago
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/amazon-violated-labor-law-alabama-union-election-labor-official-finds-rcna1582 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/amazon-violated-labor... > The National Labor Relations Board has determined that Amazon violated labor law after workers at its Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse tried to join a union, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Workers Union said Monday. > The director who presided over the NLRB hearing will recommend whether a new election is conducted, the union said in a statement, but the final decision whether workers will be allowed to cast new ballots and form a union ultimately lies with the director of the regional NLRB office based in Atlanta.
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r00fus 5y ago
Wasn't there some rule-breaking on that vote? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28053144 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28053144
- tick_tock_tick 5y ago
  Minor at best and clearly offset by the national campaign for them to vote pro union.
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asdff 5y ago
The biggest issue with this vote is that it happened in Alabama, a state where the republican majority has spent six decades villifying labor movements in the eyes of the people who would benefit the most for them; Alabama is one of the poorest states in the nation. Now look at how good this turned out for Amazon. There are now people like you who cite this vote and its margin alone, without understanding the political context, and use it to suggest that Amazon workers would not collectively benefit from unionization. These PR people in these large corporations are absolutely brilliant at their propaganda. You've been made into an unintentional parrot, not your fault considering how hard it is to find signal with all the corporate noise that is dumped out there in the press these days.

ceejayoz 5y ago

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/amazon-violated-labor-law-alabama-union-election-labor-official-finds-rcna1582 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/amazon-violated-labor... > The National Labor Relations Board has determined that Amazon violated labor law after workers at its Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse tried to join a union, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Workers Union said Monday. > The director who presided over the NLRB hearing will recommend whether a new election is conducted, the union said in a statement, but the final decision whether workers will be allowed to cast new ballots and form a union ultimately lies with the director of the regional NLRB office based in Atlanta.

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r00fus 5y ago

Wasn't there some rule-breaking on that vote? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28053144 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28053144

tick_tock_tick 5y ago
Minor at best and clearly offset by the national campaign for them to vote pro union.

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asdff 5y ago

The biggest issue with this vote is that it happened in Alabama, a state where the republican majority has spent six decades villifying labor movements in the eyes of the people who would benefit the most for them; Alabama is one of the poorest states in the nation. Now look at how good this turned out for Amazon. There are now people like you who cite this vote and its margin alone, without understanding the political context, and use it to suggest that Amazon workers would not collectively benefit from unionization. These PR people in these large corporations are absolutely brilliant at their propaganda. You've been made into an unintentional parrot, not your fault considering how hard it is to find signal with all the corporate noise that is dumped out there in the press these days.