▲ 757 ▼ Amazon Says It Doesn't 'Employ' Drivers, But Records Show It Hired Firms to Prevent Them From Unionizing (www.vice.com) submitted 3 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 58 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[+] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net -6 points 3 years ago (8 children) That doesn't have anything to do with what I said. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [+] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 2 points 3 years ago (7 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [+] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net -7 points 3 years ago (6 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TheActualDevil@sffa.community 4 points 3 years ago (4 children) "It's a very true dichotomy!" Proceeds to make up an imagined scenario with a ridiculous fake name to prove it's reality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net -2 points 3 years ago (3 children) Found the guy who never worked a union job. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Found the guy with the superiority complex mad that the union didn’t fall for their sucking up to the bosses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net -2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Not how the union works. But thanks for trying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yeah, it actually is. permalink fedilink source parent [+] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 2 points 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 2 points 3 years ago (7 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [+] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net -7 points 3 years ago (6 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TheActualDevil@sffa.community 4 points 3 years ago (4 children) "It's a very true dichotomy!" Proceeds to make up an imagined scenario with a ridiculous fake name to prove it's reality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net -2 points 3 years ago (3 children) Found the guy who never worked a union job. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Found the guy with the superiority complex mad that the union didn’t fall for their sucking up to the bosses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net -2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Not how the union works. But thanks for trying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yeah, it actually is. permalink fedilink source parent [+] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 2 points 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net -7 points 3 years ago (6 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TheActualDevil@sffa.community 4 points 3 years ago (4 children) "It's a very true dichotomy!" Proceeds to make up an imagined scenario with a ridiculous fake name to prove it's reality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net -2 points 3 years ago (3 children) Found the guy who never worked a union job. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Found the guy with the superiority complex mad that the union didn’t fall for their sucking up to the bosses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net -2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Not how the union works. But thanks for trying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yeah, it actually is. permalink fedilink source parent [+] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 2 points 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheActualDevil@sffa.community 4 points 3 years ago (4 children) "It's a very true dichotomy!" Proceeds to make up an imagined scenario with a ridiculous fake name to prove it's reality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net -2 points 3 years ago (3 children) Found the guy who never worked a union job. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Found the guy with the superiority complex mad that the union didn’t fall for their sucking up to the bosses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net -2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Not how the union works. But thanks for trying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yeah, it actually is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net -2 points 3 years ago (3 children) Found the guy who never worked a union job. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Found the guy with the superiority complex mad that the union didn’t fall for their sucking up to the bosses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net -2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Not how the union works. But thanks for trying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yeah, it actually is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Found the guy with the superiority complex mad that the union didn’t fall for their sucking up to the bosses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net -2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Not how the union works. But thanks for trying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yeah, it actually is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net -2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Not how the union works. But thanks for trying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yeah, it actually is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yeah, it actually is. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 2 points 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent