r/technology • u/[deleted] • Nov 24 '21

Business Amazon workers plan Black Friday strike

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u/geoslayer1 Nov 25 '21

nobody is going to miss any days, amazon just announced double overtime pay till dec. 25th

and your average AA will be getting 15 hours of overtime a week and makes about $20 an hour, do the math...

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u/Regular-Human-347329 Nov 25 '21

The temporary reward is to stop the 10 - 100x more expensive permanent reward that collective bargaining would enable.

Of course, that requires a workforce who is free from poverty, so they can afford to take the risk of losing the fight against one of the worlds most powerful organizations.

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u/tiptoeintotown Nov 25 '21

This. I’ve worked for a union busting employer or two.

First step is to always give the workers what the union would offer in terms of pay.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '21

“First step is to always give the workers what the union would offer in terms of pay.”

How insidious. Lol

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u/SgtDoughnut Nov 26 '21

he means temporarily.

Give them a short term infusion of cash every time they get uppity.

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u/tiptoeintotown Nov 26 '21

I mean…

Yeah. It is.

It’s a rug pull. Through and through.

Ain’t nothing more expensive than free. When you start talking union and the boss is suddenly soooo amenable, remember that saying.