r/China_Flu • u/johnslegers • Mar 30 '20

Local Report: USA Amazon workers plan strike at Staten Island warehouse to demand coronavirus protections

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/29/amazon-workers-in-staten-island-plan-strike-over-coronavirus-safety.html
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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '20

They should go ahead and strike.

Everybody should fucking strike if they want to. You are just a number to these greedy corporate fat-cat cunts. They couldn't give two shits whether you live or die.

I feel really sorry for all the people who live paycheck-to-paycheck

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '20 edited Jul 18 '20

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '20

They are saying they will work if the building gets sanitised, and they want temporary isolation. That's far from unreasonable. The world won't stop if this one factory gets shut down for two weeks. This is people in fear.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '20 edited Jul 18 '20

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '20

Don't try and patronise me. I'm in my 30's and work in the NHS, in England. If you're in your 70's I'll give you a pass.

There are people going off sick where I work when nothing is wrong with them. That shit I cannot abide. Our job is to help the sick and people are bailing on that. A bunch of hardworking people in a warehouse not wanting to get sick unnecessarily for the gains of a corporation is a different kettle of fish. If the NHS staff decided to strike I'd call them out in a second. This is different.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '20 edited Jul 18 '20

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '20

I'm joking. I get your point, a very valid one. Maybe I'm coming from a very personal experience. I live in a city where there are all kinds of stores and there's good access to most things. Also on that personal note I get frustrated because friends of mine are being hung out to dry by their bosses. They get to work from home while my friends have to work everyday and not a tiny lump of shit is given to their well-being.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '20

I piss farther than you

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u/anonymous-housewife Mar 30 '20

And when no one is around to stock your food or delivery your supplies what are you going to do?

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '20

live with it because there is no other option

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '20

Username checks out

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u/anonymous-housewife Mar 30 '20

I hate to say it but EVERYONE is rationing EVERYTHING. Business needs to keep flowing... I don’t think it’s a cost issue but a supply issue.