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In reply to the discussion: Amazon is hurting LOTS of people [View all]Response to jcgoldie (Reply #29)
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No point in blaming Amazon...we have no worker protection anymore. Starbucks here
Demsrule86
Sep 2018
#1
Bezos does not have to be that evil. He's one of the wealthiest people in the world.
mucifer
Sep 2018
#3
Well they f**ked that up when they voted for Reagan over Jimmy Carter which started the systematic
still_one
Sep 2018
#9
Oh and it is gonna get FAR FAR Worse and VERY soon, the people want it to.
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2018
#52
You should give credit to the source of the OP. It's "In These Times" Thanks good article
mucifer
Sep 2018
#2
First of all it depends on the job the employee does at Amazon. A software engineer is not going to
still_one
Sep 2018
#11
Actually, Bezos and other CEOs are guaranteed a crap ton of money at worker expense
AllyCat
Sep 2018
#22
Making $15/hr for 24 hours a week "allows us to work with a sense of autonomy"?
jcgoldie
Sep 2018
#29
Nobody can do that and survive right now. That's the problem. And what are your other options?
JCanete
Sep 2018
#49
Well that's silly. It is also, as I"ve explained to you, a platform that has ubiquitous reach,
JCanete
Sep 2018
#51
What's silly is trying to defend one politician for doing something that one would
ehrnst
Sep 2018
#57
Are you kidding? I wouldn't call using a platform corrupt. That makes no sense. He's not
JCanete
Sep 2018
#59
you are making a case that there's some contradiction of behavior here...I'd like to see an example.
JCanete
Sep 2018
#62
Corporations by charter have to maximize profits regardless of the overall impact on
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2018
#53
I agree with much of what you said, but no, pointing out one company as an example versus as a
JCanete
Sep 2018
#54
I worked for a beer distributor for years. Sometime around 1990 our assistant manager
brewens
Sep 2018
#31
Yes! "It's time to end corporate welfare and give unions the strength they need once again!" nt
LAS14
Sep 2018
#38
Employee Free Choice Act and a significant increase in taxation is a good start.
David__77
Sep 2018
#58