Amazon Says It Doesn’t ‘Employ’ Drivers, But Records Show It Hired Firms to Prevent Them From Unionizing::Amazon spent $14.2 million total on anti-union consulting in 2022, filings with the Department of Labor show.

  • Hyggyldy@sffa.community
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    1 year ago

    What’s crazy is I hear unionization is usually more expensive to fight against, but these CEO’s are essentially morally opposed to it. Every time I hear stories of these people their lives would have been so much easier and their businesses more profitable but they just cannot stand people unionizing.

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      1 year ago

      Well basically it means they have to actually negotiate with their workers via unions. That’s almost like work. They prefer not to have to do anything to “earn” their billions.

    • phillaholic@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      They also have the option of not treating them like shit. Happy workers don’t usually want to unionize.

    • Custoslibera@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      That’s weirdest part, at this point the hoops Amazon has jumped through vs how profitable of a company they are - it must be cheaper for them to just let people unionise and pay them more + give better conditions?

      • SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net
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        1 year ago

        Do you want to pay people more because they’re better at their job or do you want to pay people more because they’ve been warming a chair longer than anyone else?

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            1 year ago

            Reality doesn’t care whether you care to play or not.

            There’s a limited amount of resources, you can’t hire everyone on Earth, you can’t give everyone an unlimited salary. Everything past that you’re making decisions as to who gets what.

            And by the way, if you make enough poor decisions eventually everyone loses their jobs.

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          1 year ago

          Or because people need more to make a living? The whole argument of “it’s a shitty job and shouldn’t be used to support you” doesn’t really work anymore.

              • SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net
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                1 year ago

                Its a very true dichotomy.

                Hey let’s hire Ashok for this position! He’s really good!

                Oops, sorry. Bob Whiteman has been here for 30 years. He’s just good enough not to fire but he has seniority so he gets first dibs on the job.

                Hey, let’s give Ashok a raise! He’s really good!

                Oops, sorry. Bob Whiteman has been here for 30 years. He’s just good enough not to fire. It he’s been here the longest so he gets paid the most.

                The false dichotomy is assuming your choices are a massive adversarial bureaucracy or not making a living wage.