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Isn't the hard part making sure the strike can't be broken? Amazon can train these workers very quickly (i.e. 1 day) so it should not be very hard to restaff a
by tantalor 5y ago
Isn't the hard part making sure the strike can't be broken?
Amazon can train these workers very quickly (i.e. 1 day) so it should not be very hard to restaff a whole warehouse.
- marnett 5y agoWhat if the bottleneck of restaffing isn't training time but available labor pool? If Middle America Town #4 already has a majority of the young, able bodied labor force employed by Amazon then Amazon's leverage is heavily reduced; there may not be enough people to restaff.
- alistairSH 5y agoBut the fulfillment centers aren't all that remote. Assuming the list posted here [1] is accurate, they tend to be located on the outskirts of cities. Looking at Virginia (where I live), the only one that I'd really consider rural is Clear Brook, but these days, that's effectively a DC suburb, with plenty of potential workers in nearby Winchester VA, Hagerstown MD, and the I-81 corridor. 1 - https://fba.help/list-of-amazon-fulfillment-centers https://fba.help/list-of-amazon-fulfillment-centers
- chrisseaton 5y agoHistorically companies would bus workers in to break strikes. But anyway these warehouses are near a lot of people (because otherwise… why have the warehouse?)
- sergiotapia 5y agoAmazon is burning through workers like matchsticks. Close to no more matches.
- dylan604 5y agoAre they though? If Amazon wanted to stick it to the Unions, they could offer similar terms to the new scab workers and not to the striking union members.