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> My doubt is largely because they can just stop them existing and face little to no consequences. Why bother being cute? If Amazon's workforce manages to orga

• kadoban 4y ago
  > Why not just get ahead of that using a cheap, time-tested, and well-proven strategy that makes your position even stronger? The cheap, time-tested way is just busting the union. I've yet to hear any examples of unions working like you propose in the US, but there's as many examples as you could want for companies preventing unions from existing.
• Cederfjard 4y ago
  Because bribery and ”persuasion”, as you call it, is illegal and thus carries a lot of risk? Not to mention what a PR catastrophe were it to be uncovered. Not saying that it’s impossible, but the certainty you’re expressing this theory with doesn’t seem warranted.
  • raxxorraxor 4y ago
    Of course you don't get a bribe like a bag full of cash, you just get a promotion to be able to manage your new responsibilities.
  • donw 4y ago
    > Because bribery and ”persuasion”, as you call it, is illegal and thus carries a lot of risk? You're thinking like a commoner. Which I get, I'm a commoner, too. I certainly wouldn't try that kind of "persuasion". That'd land me in jail for a million years. But the the rules are different when you're a member of the ruling class or serving their interests. It's unfortunate. It really is. But that's how things are.