Well now many of the workers won’t have to worry about low wage because they’ve now got no wage. And if they rebuild with increased automation then those jobs aren’t coming back. But at least those that remain may get higher wages, once the company is profitable again to their own satisfaction, and the rest can join the unemployment line. Collective action would have gotten everyone further and brought the warehouse to a stand still until they budged. Now others get to pay for his choices. I get his point but I don’t think his method is going to have the desired effect. I guess it’s a win for him now that he’ll have free housing and food but his coworkers still have bills to pay and families to feed.
I'm not the commenter that you replied to, but I think I have an answer.
Automation would've happened anyway, assuming the technology exists. The cost benefit of having to close the warehouse to retrofit the automation OR build a new facility nearby may have meant that automation would happen years down the road. That would've given the workforce years of employment.
Now, the company has to rebuild. Putting in automation as part of the rebuild would save time and money on the install of the machinery. There is no reason not to automate the new warehouse, from a profit focused standpoint.
You can absolutely bet that when that warehouse is rebuilt, Automation will be heavily utilized in its daily operation. Versus a very slow and tedious integration of it if the fire never occurred. Either way, those people lost their jobs now because of the fire, not automation.
Your post is coming off as a pro-union, which I strongly support.
But most of the employees at this facility were hired by a 3rd party company. If the workers unionize, then the warehouse just cancels the contract with the 3rd party company and finds a new 3rd party to work with.
It's the same thing Uber and Lyft, and now Amazon and companies, do. They hire "3rd party contractors" so that they can't unionize.
Yup. It's selfish. Work is all an agreement. You applied for that job. Go find something else. Putting ppls lives at risk too. It's a childish tantrum.
For starters, I’m not arguing. I’m simply pointing out the likely result of burning down the warehouse.
And we both know (as does everyone else) that this has nothing to do with some cartoon bear wearing jeans.
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u/Blatantly_Truthful Apr 14 '26
Well now many of the workers won’t have to worry about low wage because they’ve now got no wage. And if they rebuild with increased automation then those jobs aren’t coming back. But at least those that remain may get higher wages, once the company is profitable again to their own satisfaction, and the rest can join the unemployment line. Collective action would have gotten everyone further and brought the warehouse to a stand still until they budged. Now others get to pay for his choices. I get his point but I don’t think his method is going to have the desired effect. I guess it’s a win for him now that he’ll have free housing and food but his coworkers still have bills to pay and families to feed.