How Amazon Fends Off Unions

Amazon workers have held an increased number of protests over the last year, which is one sign that momentum to organize has picked up among some of its 650,000 worldwide employees. But unionizing efforts so far have not succeeded. Amazon increased minimum wage to $15 an hour last year and offers generous benefits. It's also fending off unions using tweets, training videos and internal hires. Watch the video to learn what unions are all about and how they could impact Amazon and its workers.
** Correction ** This video incorrectly refers to Amazon's spokesperson as Rachael Lightly. Her name is Rachael Lighty.
Three big unions that are talking to Amazon workers are the Teamsters, the United Food & Commercial Workers Union, and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, among others. Recent worker protests point to organizing efforts.
On Amazon Prime Day in July, a handful of Amazon workers at a fulfillment center in Shakopee, Minnesota, went on strike. It was the first strike by U.S. workers during the company's annual sales events that started five years ago, and one of several protests that's taken place in the U.S. in the past year.
Throughout Amazon's 25-year history, there have been multiple rumblings of workers trying to unionize. So far, none of the efforts have been successful. With record-breaking sales numbers and newly doubled shipping speeds, however, momentum to organize has picked up among some of Amazon's more than 650,000 worldwide employees.
Efforts to curb union activity inside Amazon include a leaked training video that was sent to Whole Foods managers in 2018. In it, an animated man wearing a yellow safety vest says, "We are not anti-union, but we are not neutral either. We do not believe unions are in the best interest of our customers or shareholders or most importantly, our associates."
It goes on to give tips to managers for spotting union activity. "Make it a point to regularly talk to associates in the break room. This will help protect you from accusations that you were only in the break room to spy on pro union associates." Amazon notes the training video has not been used since last year and says it was in compliance with the National Labor Relations Act.
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How Amazon Fends Off Unions

[@ShaunDreclin]

"We're not anti-union, we just don't want unions"

[@marcthomas4488]

That's funny...

[@ketolifestyle68]

you could retire with a pension and social security,, live better retire union

[@mainhouse4815]

why

[@boyar1978]

@@ketolifestyle68 or i could take the money i would spend in union dues and buy a few houses in Russia and retire there.

[@hellosammy4105]

No conflicts there. I don't want pizza for dinner. Doesn't mean I'm anti-pizza. If Amazon is actively sending out Amazon Prime packages full of pipe bombs to union leaders, then it is anti-union.

[@Psychology]

"We are not anti-union but we are not neutral either." So you're pro-union?

[@germangamingvideos6069]

Yes, comrade Bezos has, in the name of solidarity, announced the total unionization of amazon

[@goyonman9655]

@@germangamingvideos6069 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@davidrynberk4830]

lol...no kidding

[@antoniokawarski6111]

Union was the death of the auto makers. If this pestilence spreads, it will lead to the death of America.

[@Matzu-Music]

@@antoniokawarski6111 Sure.

[@Tregphx]

Any company that feels the need to brag about being anti union is a company that probably needs to be unionized.

[@jgalante3916]

Why would a company need to be unionized? That always hurts the companies' productivity and profits, making it uncompetitive.

[@gabrielsykes4125]

@@jgalante3916 Is this a rhetorical question? There are Billion Dollar cooperations like Amazon, and Walmart that rake in billions off the labor of employees, factor this in with the fact that these employees are subject to being underpaid, being put in very stressful/hazardous work conditions it makes sense why the people would call for unions. These companies get away with screwing their employees and predatory business practices, it’s no wonder these places have such high turnover rates.

[@morelightpm457]

Isn't Bezos a liberal, I heard him say bad things about Trump. You figure any liberal/democrat especially a billionaire would want to put his money where his mouth is and support his political beliefs

[@morelightpm457]

Isn't Bezos a liberal, I heard him say bad things about Trump. You figure any liberal/democrat especially a billionaire would want to put his money where his mouth is and support his political beliefs

[@EsotericCat]

@@jgalante3916 the COMPANY doesnt need to be unionized, but its workers do. Dont purposefully misunderstand things

[@TimErwin]

Reporter: "So, Amazon spokesperson, is your company terrible, immoral, or satanic?" Amazon spokesperson: "Hmm...I think my company is wonderful! And that is my true, unbiased, objective opinion as a worker who would be fired if I said otherwise."

[@YYmmmYY]

I'd like to see her work in the Amazon warehouse and try to make rate for two weeks.

[@TimErwin]

@@YYmmmYY Spokeswoman: *twitch* "This place is great. I love...*sob* I WANT DIE!!!" -cut- New spokeswoman: "Amazon is a wonderful place! 🙂 010101110"

[@carparthero]

@Tim Erwin LMFAOO that is so true. that is the typical middle class/working class mentality. i've even seen such a mindset in a unionized job where i work. we have so many people (senior and junior, doesn't matter) that want others to do the dirty work (grievances, standing up for rights, etc.) but are happy to enjoy the collateral benefits of those efforts done by others.

[@rancosteel]

When Henry Ford was faced with a union walkout he doubled their wages and started a finance division so the workers could buy his cars. That was smart.

[@STScott-qo4pw]

he doubled their wages to keep workers - the ford assembly lines were so mind-numbing awful he couldn't keep employees on the shop floor. there was no altruism.

[@rancosteel]

@@STScott-qo4pw yes but the walkouts ended and everyone had a Ford car which was considered a big luxury back then. Real men didn’t sit around and complain like all the beta men do today.

[@basedchad181]

@@rancosteel real men are in prison betas are not beta natural selection means betas are more in number and more successful in caplistism

[@rancosteel]

@@basedchad181 I doubt it. Most guys in prison were raised by their mamma so they are beta. I argue that real men like Ray Croc, Steve Jobs, and Elon Musk are beta's and they were true capitalists.

[@basedchad181]

@@rancosteel real men are the guys that have the sheer willpower to understand that they are the authority and they alone are responable for the repest of their tribe real men hit their wives to show the cucked betas whos in charge real men eat apples to show people that being a vegen is nice

[@kc_1018]

"If you don't like your job, you don't strike! You just go in every day, and do it really half assed. That's the American way." - Homer Simpson

[@Bat_Boy]

Hilarious! Thanks! 😀👍

[@lupea8079]

Amazon does have lots of internal theft. So yeah

[@boyar1978]

90 percent of the time when unions strike they struck over things I did not care about which costs me money. i do not work for my coworkers I work for myself.

[@OneManOnFire]

I worked at Costco for 5 years that had a union. The other Costco in town was not a union with the same pay and benefits. I have a pension thanks to the union plus 401k. If I worked at the non union I wouldn't have that pension.

[@cancel.lgbtq.6892]

Thats why I'm for union. Better health insurance , wage , and pension. I was with union for 10 years when I used to work for safeway.

[@OneManOnFire]

@Agent 47 Definitely! That pension is only good for $300 a month at retirement and will barely cover anything.

[@illusionxmuta]

Pensions are a waste of a company’s money. Invest your own money properly and dont rely on them to pay you 30 years for 15 years of work.

[@SacklunchShacks]

@ One Man The Union might be good for you, but it's being financed by the customer at the cash register in the form of higher prices. That's not a Sustainable business Model.

[@wtfhah]

@@SacklunchShacks Unions are funded by member dues, not by the companies themselves. What are you even talking about?

[@parabellum5503]

I am an Amazon employee and if they raised pay and tweaked breaks and their ridiculous production standards they wouldn't have to worry about unionizing.

[@elliottpowell5130]

So essentially you want more less work and no skills btw Amazon steady pay a living wage you people complain are lazy trying shortcut and whine Trevor way to money rather than work for it

[@camdenstover3643]

@@elliottpowell5130 Your comment is hands down the most braindead, nonsensical, and flat out dumb thing I have ever read. Despite the spelling and grammatical errors, you just simply have no clue what you are talking about. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

[@redstreet8012]

If you talk about a union at Amazon, you'll probably be fired immediately.

[@cardcode8345]

Red Street so what you are getting free education to advance your career

[@johntore6108]

@@cardcode8345 Not if you are fired.

[@DeWaltDisney]

The internal term is PIP (Performance Improvement Plan), you get PIP'd when they need to get rid if you or your team for whatever reason they have,

[@wtfhah]

@@PankajDoharey work properly for themselves right? workers work for decent wages, safe workplaces, and benefits. SIMPLE! people only take jobs if it benefits them, right? no one takes a job wanting it to exploit them and drain them of their time and energy. if people want to protect their own jobs and perhaps secure a life worth living, they have to be allowed to collectively bargain. Without unions there will only be individual antagonisms and disaffected lazy spiteful workers. Across the labor market, this leads to unrest, which leads to falling profits. It is in the business community's long-term interests to help build healthy and peaceable communities from which to draw good customers, clients, associates, investors. Shareholders and owners are not the only stakeholders who depend on the business cycle's outcomes.

[@JudgeFredd]

@@PankajDoharey Stupid comment - free to you to live like a slave

[@SG003]

Of course no company needs union, it's the employees who need it

[@dboydboy6640]

Thanks. Just like the way employees don't like human resources department.

[@scottbergman8662]

Of course. This is why it isn't a "win-win", so Amazon does not want to support Unions. I support Amazon for that reason. Create something that benefits both sides.

[@Xantank]

That’s deep

[@dr.internet8661]

True

[@michaelgray1803]

If a company doesn't want a union just say that don't blow smoke like I'm stupid

[@alexangleton4082]

As a carpenter and union member UBC Local 420, we actively work with employers. We need them, they need us. The union provides a layer of protection to make sure we don't get taken advantage of.

[@AG-yc7vt]

The only thing unions do is make it harder to replace people with robots. Right on 👍

[@boyar1978]

If i was looking for a carpenter and you told me you were a member of a union I would throw you out on your ass before you finished your sentence as I would think you would be lazy and likely to charge me for things that do not need to be fixed.

[@brookrodriguez1154]

Worked there for one day. Theres no way i will work in a facility like that and be under paid. 16.50 an hour and to take your break you literally have to walk half of your break to get to your stuff bc you arent allowed to carry it with you. I myself have worked in many factories including Volkswagen and never have i seen a place ran like that.

[@geektoro]

''Team member'' may as well be a cuss word for workers. Corporations just love to throw those 2 words around. 'Team member' really means dispensable.

[@jonclarkson5911]

LOL. I know right . now they're using the term "family. To make the slave feel like they're apart of methong.

[@jaminova_1969]

What team? The turnover is so high, I don't even bother to learn peoples names anymore!

[@OpiumBride]

Supply and demand, low skilled labor in excess... They're the anchovies of the sea, you lose one, there's 10 more to take its place. I majored in finance, people break down my door to beg me to work for them, I can ask for anything I want because my skills are rare in my state. People need to learn to have more self value

[@joeya6795]

Team members are in fact dispensable. Anything everything in life is dispensable. Embrace this notion, and we'll make America great again. Trump 2024

[@Klartofle]

@@OpiumBride very true, however, even low skilled workers are part of the economy and their labor is necessary. So even if they are "replaceable" they deserve good conditions and a fair wage.

[@littoww]

That was nice of the software employees to show their support. They recognise they are lucky enough to be in a role where the working conditions are much better than those on other roles.

[@HGiff]

Why do you say he is lucky? When you were playing soccer, he was learning how to code.

[@platonicsage1298]

Dudes practically laughing at the script HQ gave him LOL

[@YKKY]

Much better? Oh please don't....

[@onebad78ta]

After what I have seen and read about Amazon they most definitely need to be unionized. Unfortunately the employees seem to not realize how much better they could have it if they forced a labor agreement.

[@jessican5344]

Agreed seems amazon raised their pay to fend off union talk. But in some parts of the country. $15 is more than double the minimum wage. What they don't seem to realize is that money talks. So they'll turn a blind eye.

[@eddyvideostar]

To Chris Bo: A worker should delight in his own production and efforts in serving the management and be rewarded accordingly. When management has to please or reprimand a cluster (a collective) the individual's creativity and industriousness are lost. A unionized worker becomes a part of a pack. If there is *co-worker against co-worker strife,* management sees and plays office politics with this, siding with the entity of least resistance -- the more popular worker, while trampling the rights of the "ugly duckling" (the shunned).

[@salvadorelastname9095]

@@eddyvideostar ok bootlicker

[@cyclix5314]

@@jessican5344 Except the minimum wage hasn't increased at all since the 2000s so even 15$ is pretty low now, infact 15$ is the new minimum wage

[@tyronedavis3435]

I personally believe that Amazon needs to be unionized because I was just written up recently for using the restroom over 5 minutes which is unlawful in California.

[@chondominguez6995]

Change jobs.

[@omega0195]

Are you in SoCal?

[@ladwigs]

When a Wal-mart store, has unionised in the past, HQ closed it

[@IncognitoSprax]

Yup. The wealthy are that greedy

[@slathian1223]

​@@IncognitoSprax They may be that greedy, however they have some of the best pay, benefits, stock options, maternity leave, retirement, and discounts on goods for blue collar workers that do not have an education.

[@cnccarving]

union has right to establish production facility or warehouses they could work and produce goods they are living as leechs people always forgetting something capitalism where you free to start your own job door always open to leave if you dont like dont suffer by your choice , leave it and start your very own bussiness

[@cnccarving]

you all forget something in america, you can buy a lawnmover and start to cut yards, and grow out to landscaping biz or buy for hundred bux tools , start to fix porches, houses, then you can grow to a builder or a general contractor you all arent enforced being employee

[@tuanseattle]

@@cnccarving It's like that everywhere in the world. Not an American thing. Problem is how many people are gonna make it that way ?. Not everyone can be employer. Most people have to be employees. Nobody "forced" anybody, but the FACT is that there is a limited number of such opportunity. Most startup also fail. Being an employee is the path of most people. Also it's increasingly hard for small biz to compete with big biz. Try to compete in retail with Amazon & Walmart.

[@Itsallaboutlove52]

It’s interesting that unions are viewed a negative thing, even though, they’re the ones that assisted American quality standards across industries. If these companies are fair why use such tactics to dissuade workers from unionizing?

[@Theauthenticmindset]

Skilled labour and not union assisted in american quality standard. Unions made a lot of companies non competitive which is why unions are going extinct. Also, Union workers are lazy and entitled, sorry for generalizing.

[@boyar1978]

if unions are so great the why am I forced to join one. They should be willing to let me join voluntarily as I should be so eager to join one. For most jobs i have worked i would not care about retirement and others because I am not planning to stay at them for more than a few years. For workers such as myself, unions are a waste of time and money because I do not care if my employer fired me because i can easily find a similar job elsewhere.

[@adamkalb1]

Because lies and propaganda make people dumb who are against unions because of it.

[@zachwachs7913]

Beautifully said Averil Williams !

[@frek175]

@@boyar1978 so you plan on dying before your pension? Weird mindset

[@Jack-oj7dq]

anyone here after the first amazon warehouse unionized?

[@eattherich9215]

It's a start. I hope the workers in other fulfilment centres wake up to what is possible if they all stand together. Well done New York.

[@Cheesypockets]

It feels like Amazon selected certain people to interview for this just to give Amazons positive sides.

[@mancavestudios8955]

Those anti-union instructional videos were properly creepy.

[@Blaiyan]

More importantly customers didn't come first.

[@mb26158]

Reminded me of 1984

[@zeyode]

"Report your fellow workers if they use phrases associated with unions, like *living wage* "

[@cnccarving]

its very creepy because people always want to be employee and not employer bad choices are bringing bad results it was your choice to being employee

[@My_Alchemical_Romance]

ManCave Studios ya for sure they most definitely wanted it that way. Lol

[@garywidom]

Is it me or did the Amazon Spokeswoman at 8:10, sound like a robot? That script she memorized almost looked & sounded like a hostage video. I was surprised she didn’t start blinking in Morse Code.

[@carparthero]

i wouldn't expect anything less from a spokesperson or a human resources rep. that rachael lightly person is one well trained (at-will employment contract) amazon office drone LMFAOO 💩

[@geebee6010]

That’s Jeff’a new fling

[@davidrynberk4830]

When they finish the new robots ....the human ones can talk about unions woes in the unemployment line.The worth of humans will be compared to robots...my money is on robotics if I know Jeff Bezos.

[@radiantsewerrat1987]

That's called an Amazon Robotics Drive Unit thank you very much

[@thelovejoyshow568]

My thoughts exactly.

[@Malignantt1]

Its so sad seeing all these employees afraid to stand up to their corporate overlords. I wish these people knew how much better their lives would be if they stood up in solidarity against their employers.

[@chondominguez6995]

Lol. It’s America. Your free to go somewhere else.

[@Empolo18]

Amazon is a workplace where even if half of the employees quit on the spot they would be replaced within weeks. Especially in the US. The FC in my state has only 5% of the employees who were hired when they opened. Turnover rate was above 60% monthly. It's still going tho, work loads increased but it never shut down. In my area if someone doesn't work, they'll be fired and someone who will work for less will be hired. Entry level jobs are so basic that they will hire near anyone. It's grunt work. Turn and burn employees.

[@Malignantt1]

@@Empolo18 you can only do that for so long though. Most people are quitting im p sure, they wouldn’t quit if it was a better place to work

[@Malignantt1]

@@chondominguez6995 yea free to go work somewhere else exactly the same getting exploited the same way fir the same wage. Terrible argument

[@chondominguez6995]

@@Malignantt1 yawn. Unions are terrible.

[@Cronus1977]

When I started at a San diego prime warehouse the mandatory rph to reach was 100 pph. I just left and they were pushing for 400 pph my average by the end was 300 pph. I have an inflamed tailbone. I was sick to my stomach by the amount of loyalty I saw there.

[@user-sf5iq2fl1l]

Its called fear of losing job. Most workers in america die sort of soon and get sick often. They have health plan attached to work. Corporations got workers by the balls.

[@Cronus1977]

@@user-sf5iq2fl1l indeed I was chained their for 2 years and it didn't pay off for sh!%! my warehouse only gave 4 hour shifts

[@the80386]

What you saw wasn't 'loyalty'. Unfortunately, it was desperation.

[@boyar1978]

@@user-sf5iq2fl1l this is a great reason to not get married. I only need insurance if i have children and a wife. if i die now no one wold care or be affected.

[@eddyvideostar]

@@boyar1978: Video: You're on the right track. If you are single without children, you don't need life insurance, nor run the risk of those teefing-lying co-workers guillotining your family by taking your livelihood.

[@purplefreak3]

"if you see signs of potential organizing notify your GM site leader" so basically they telling people to be a snitch?

[@mohammedsarker5756]

well yeah, they'll slip you bread crumbs to be a scab

[@yugiohpokemon5285]

Thats not news all companies do that

[@burtonl7239]

Unions ask their members to snitch on the company all the time...

[@ameyas7726]

Because there are plenty of workers who strongly oppose Unions who can get corrupted and it's the workers who will lose their jobs if the management decides to shutdown their business..

[@TheInsomniaddict]

It's telling them to do their job. I believe this is a video that'd be shown at the supervisor and manager-level.

[@mojoa.7117]

amazon workers who are against unionization look like NPC's

[@johnmoore1495]

MoJo A. Same type of people who believe a politician on the campaign trail despite a horrible voting record. It’s sad man.

[@michaelgray1803]

It's weird how people go against themselves

[@pierren___]

Because they now a member of the cast. What you see as npc is superior class dominant behavior

[@largebiff1743]

With a union I had good pay, good benefits and a good pension. Co pay prescriptions, dental and senior benefits. Safer working conditions, better training, safety equipment etc etc etc. Instead of corporate greed its called in sharing in the profits.

[@EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV]

An Amazon spokesblonde said "Nothing to see here, it's all good." I was getting worried until she spoke up, now I'll sleep soundly without giving amazon another thought..

[@carparthero]

@TVChannel One imagine what rachael lightly's husband/bf has to live with everyday dealing with her LMFAOO 💩

[@thegreatfomo]

Oh and we offer an innovative work place. Like yeah, that's what employees want you bimbo, to be tracked by technology all day long.

[@anony88]

It's pretty pathetic of Amazon that it took a mass walkout of employees for them to decide to provide additional parking for employees

[@boyar1978]

They should have fired them instead. Then hire temp workers to do the job.

[@boyar1978]

Until the company decided it is no longer profitable and closes the location.

[@teerificbitch]

"Workers were forced to double park in order to squeeze their cars in. This sometimes blocked Amazon delivery vehicles in the process. Amazon began towing worker vehicles, fining their owners as much as $350-which could be several days of pay for a part-time warehouse worker." This is hilarious. Low-level workers are allowed to drive to work and claim parking? Is parking a right or a benefit? I live in a 1st world nation, and reserved parking is only given to management and above. Everyone else has to find a public parking lot if they want to drive to work. if not, use public transport or cycle. And it's so common around the world. No arguments on that. But once you arrive in the USA, people riot for PARKING? HAHAAHHA

[@jernbek1]

@@teerificbitch good for you, the US is an extremely car centric country and parking is a normal thing for any company to provide. Thankfully, I don’t have to take crowded public transport and can drive to work on my own terms in the comfort of my own car. Keep your crowded subways and buses. I’ll take my nice car.

[@pab4435]

I am a Union Ironworker Local 37, Providence RI. Unionism is the best thing you can take part of as the employee. The only person who looses when the union comes to town is the greedy business owner

[@ExplicitMexican]

Greedy business owner... Wow.

[@loreaver3882]

@@ExplicitMexican He stated a fact don't get triggered

[@vinnycgaz1]

so the one that losses is the one feeding you?

[@LuisRodriguez-ry8oy]

I agree Paully I'm a longshoreman in Rhode island I'm grateful for my union without it my company would do anything they want.

[@datazero7795]

Ignacio Lopez yep, greedy business owners always fail and fail quick. Amazon will be next 😉

[@forever_golfer1981]

Jeff Bezos: "Let them eat cake."

[@cameronhowe1110]

Your pic and name is sooo suited for this comment

[@hamzaabdulkerim9065]

Underrated

[@terrylong6457]

Time to bring back the guilliotine

[@boyar1978]

then they all die from diabetes

[@Shaddowkhan]

Once had a supervisor tell me, don't think on it. You are replaceable. But when we are understaffed or you call in sick your told to think on your colleagues.

[@SandeepKumar-tj1jz]

Is Bezos starting to look like Dr Evil from Austin Powers?

[@thomasgibson1028]

Lex Luthor

[@ecoRfan]

Stinger Grail yeah his lair was in a Starbucks in the second movie

[@ecoRfan]

Stinger Grail yup just saw that the other day

[@johndoe1765]

THAT WAS A MOVIE ,HE,S WORSE

[@check25bid]

A big part of the reason unionizing amazon warehouse workers has failed is because many of the workers are doing short-term low skilled work, many works see the job as second job to supplement income from there primary job, or as something to do until begin more meaningful careers somewhere else. Why would someone who plans to work at amazon for less than a year want to pay union upfront fees or even have enough invested in the job to care about unionizing?

[@TheInsomniaddict]

Amazon's internal training programs are also good. Start in the warehouse, gain experience, learn skills to switch to robotic maintenance or maybe even coding. Why be union? One of my friends has to be a member of like 3 unions for his job. It probably does balance out for him due to him earning quite a bit. That said he hates the company he works for and while there was some upward movement, the few jobs he's wanted to switch to he lost out on due to lack of seniority. Now he's at the level that if he did want to switch positions to a different city he'd lose a lot of seniority which would affect his pay and compensation package.

[@datazero7795]

What were the jobs in the factories back in the day? They were low skill “robot” work but you were able to support a family on it. What makes these jobs any different?

[@boyar1978]

Most workers are not planning to stay at a job for more than 2 or 3 years. Why would i care about pensions and retirement plans if I might leave 6 months later I am not interested in lining the pockets of unions.

[@boyar1978]

@@elyriawonk6807 i worked at a job that had a union when i was 17. i highly doubt i am going to get a pension from the union for the year I was there. For me the money i paid in union dues was a waste. I never planned on staying at a supermarket fr 2 years or more. I do not need a union or anyone else to save for my retirement I can easily do that myself. I plan to be able to retire in Russia within 8 years without needing the help of a labor union.

[@boyar1978]

@@elyriawonk6807 no i made more working at Mcdonalds at minimum wage. Not only did i make less at the supermarket but they took 50% of my salary in dues. I made 5.00 an hour at the supermarket and I made 20.00 an hour teaching English in Brazil in a non union job. Then 6 years ago I worked at Kroger and made 7.25 an hour and did not pay dues since i lived in Texas and a few months later i made 20.00 an hour teaching English in China which also included healthcare and housing As you can see for me Union jobs always pay less then what I could find otherwise and they offer me less in the sense of promotions and bonuses. If i had a choice between working at Walmart or a Unionized supermarket I would rather work at walmart. Plus i dont like the seniority clause in union contracts. Person should be promoted based on their ability not because of how long they have been somewhere. I am now a right to work advocate and will always fights unions no matter where I am. I prefer how unions work in China. They cant act unless the government approves and no one is required to join it.

[@cyanidefist8334]

Even in EU countries in countries where Amazon employees has unions, Amazon jumps through hoops to avoid doing what's right and what is required of them. With their incomes, they could surely pass some of that profit towards happy workers, who wouldn't have to live from paycheck to paycheck

[@alwillk]

Amazing that in the 1950s GM was the largest employer in the US. With their Union wages they were making $50 an hour in today's wages. Today in the 2020s a non-union Wal-Mart employees the most Americans and they make about $10 an hour.

[@ahjushi87]

And what happened to GM?

[@frenchmontana961]

Modern computing made overseas manufacturing viable and the jobs were sent to China to be performed in inhuman conditions for meager pay

[@boyar1978]

what do i care I do not want to work in a factory.

[@frenchmontana961]

@@boyar1978 well, lots of Americans do, so try to stop being so selfish, and don't project your own laziness onto others

[@user-nu8in3ey8c]

John F Kennedy said of unions: "Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours and provided supplemental benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, they have brought justice and democracy to the shop floor. But their work goes beyond their own jobs, and even beyond our borders." -- John F. Kennedy, Aug. 30, 1960 Personally I have had greater chances for pay, fair treatment, promotion, and decent working hours in unionized shops than I ever have in non-unionized businesses. An individual worker is alone and easy to replace, easy to substitute, and has little bargaining power. The business has all of the coercive power, and the worker is but a tiny ant compared to the corporate Goliath. As we all know ants are far more formidable as part of a colony, than when isolated and vulnerable as would be a lone ant.

[@gardencity3558]

A 60 year old quote does not speak of the unions of today. Especially in construction they are rotten and corrupt. Costing taxpayers billions on public projects.

[@ed7519]

Will JFK said about unions back then was relevant it's no longer relevant. Unions are not needed anymore they just take your money and they are money laundering outfits for politicians and lobbyists wake up kids. You sound like uneducated people that's who Union prey you understand?

[@thenurseinblack1810]

@@ed7519 I enjoy reading comments and or replying to them but damn E D you must really hate Unions. I've seen you multiple times. I would join the debate but I don't know much about them.

[@boyar1978]

He was an idiot just like anyone who wants to force unions on a business. Unions are full of workers who are stupid and lazy. If i do not like my job i quit and look for another one. If all you can do in life is work in a production line than you deserve to make 2.00 an hour.

[@boyar1978]

JFK was a horrrid person who tried to start war with the USSR. may he rot in his grave

[@nathantayrien2465]

95% of your tuition for up to $3000 total, only 3,000 you have to read the fine print

[@jaminova_1969]

Only at Amazon approved schools, and there are none in my area! So, non-benifit. Traditional tuition reimbursement would be better!

[@mssha1980]

@@jaminova_1969 what is Amazon approved? When I worked there they didn’t have this.

[@jaminova_1969]

@@mssha1980 It's called Career Choice.

[@dukerhodes2660]

Do the research. $3000 is insignificant in higher education. Even a trade school will cost $15,00 or more. Trade Unions accept the responsibility to train their members with no cost to the member.

[@dukerhodes2660]

Sorry ment to type 15,000.

[@keithbentley6081]

I remember reading a leaflet I found while travelling on Biman Bangladesh airlines in the 90s. It was boasting that unions were illegal in Bangladesh and that was the best reason for foreign companies to set up there. Says it all really.

[@eattherich9215]

So much of the cheap foreign made crap we buy are made in appalling conditions where workers have no rights. Fortunately for the future of Amazon workers, fulfilment cannot be done offshore. There is no same delivery with your order coming from China. 😂

[@joshglover2370]

I work for a small local furniture company with 6 employees, so unionizing isn't very practical in my case! 😅 Fortunately, my boss is awesome! 😊

[@bluesdoggmusicrediker4614]

you are very lucky to have a good boss...count your blessings!

[@dubstepphene82]

I used to work at the Amazon fulfillment center in Shakopee and alot of people hated it because of how many Somalians worked there and wanted the company to pay them to pray 5 times a day in addition to bending the rules strictly for that purpose. It sucked.

[@boyar1978]

i would love to work with Somalis. I would love to learn to speak their language. Somali women are hot too. Just look at Ilhan Omar. I Nominate her for Ms America.

[@bksst]

People, especially in the US, only care about short term gains. Even if people were willing to do these jobs for cheap, Walmart and Amazon will make more profits and eventually have the funds to replace them with automation. We are all helping them grow big enough to no longer have competition nor need employees. So long as the majority of people enable it, fighting against it is futile.

[@pyimoethan1]

My previous job is union. It was great. They have a reasonable rate. Now, I work at Amazon. Everything is completely different.

[@bluesdoggmusicrediker4614]

you can thank a union for...weekends off-child labor laws-paid vacations-overtime pay and maternity leave..GO UNION!!!!

[@stew-03]

Hell yeah. IBEW Local 177 here

[@Norm475]

May I add in Mafia connections, loan sharking, murder, buying politicians, and corruption in general.

[@jackcarraway4707]

​@@Norm475 FOUND THE CEO!

[@anony88]

The part about parking kinda hits home for me. Recently at my job, I lost my ability to park where I've been parking. My only options for parking are at a meter spot, which there are only ten or so meters and it can take 30 minutes to an hour for a spot to open up, or a tow away zone, or pay to park in expensive tourist parking that can cost $20 or $30 per day. I've been really frustrated with the change and looking for other jobs, but it hasn't been easy. It's ridiculous. I'm not parking in a spot where my car is going to get towed and I'm not paying $30 to come in and work, so my only option is metered parking, where I park and don't pay the meter. If I get a ticket for the meter, it's only $11(for now), but it's still frustrating. There's talk in the city council about meter tickets going up to $25 and talks about meter ticketing being outsourced to a private company, so it would be a ticket like every day. It's unbelievable for my job to think that's remotely acceptable. There's plenty of parking spaces at my job, but we're technically considered contractors and not building employees, even though we work in the building every day, so we aren't allowed to park there or we'll get towed. My company used to pay for our parking in a nearby lot but no longer does so.

[@m4ye104]

Any updates my guy? It's been two years.

[@DTRproductions]

It still amazes me that people still can't agree on standing together in unions and find old examples to dismiss it, nearly everything has a failure rate, doesn't mean you scrap them or discard them when they are still useful.

[@Immaturity]

But what if they simply do not want to be in a union?

[@trehacksync]

@@Immaturity don't join

[@maximemeis2867]

Unions penalize good employees and protects non performing employees. Good employees have an interest not to unionize.

[@joesterling4299]

You're saying don't throw out the baby with the bath water (I think). That's my thought. Whatever has been historically wrong with unions can be fixed. The principle of collective bargaining remains a sound one. One employee has no hope of negotiating a worthwhile compensation package with a large company. All its employees together, as a unified front, can and will.

[@maximemeis2867]

@@joesterling4299 what has been historically wrong is that unions have been given special priviledges. If workers strike, it s a breach of contract, employers should be able to fire them. If union demands are irrational, employers should be free to choose to work with non union employees

[@whiteboxwithbluelights1473]

I'm British and have never heard of unions but in my opinion union sound like a good idea. 🇬🇧

[@kingphillieman]

Amazon workers need a Union. As a former employee, I can tell you that the workers need protection from the harsh working conditions and unfair time off policies.

[@goclunker]

8:10 Damn, Ai is so lifelike right now

[@JoeKickass324]

Amazon trying their best to automate workers

[@neo69121]

its the ultimate goal but its gonna take some time even in this day and age

[@joefunk76]

Um, so are most other businesses. Why would any business owner want to pay for the most expensive capital unit (a human) to do something that a machine can do both cheaper and better?

[@NutelloNutelloNEIL]

@@joefunk76 Although your statement is true in essence.. there is still is no reason for businesses to present working conditions to which are unfavourable.. as the video suggested, the company demands the best of them, so why cant the favour be returned.

[@joefunk76]

Neil Pullan Because a business aims to do things as cheaply as possible and worker comfort is generally a cost to an employer. In the same way that most businesses won’t pay more than needed to retain the necessary workers, they won’t provide more comfort than necessary to do that, either. If Amazon needs, say, 100 workers to do some job, and it can find 100 willing to do the job at an average comfort level of, say, 7 (on my made-up scale), the guy who needs a comfort level of 8 to do the job needs to find a different employer if not a different type of work entirely. I’m not saying this is good or right or fair but rather just that this is how it goes.

[@barryrudolph9542]

Automation will be Amazon's response to unionization and it will cost many jobs. If anyone doubts this I invite them to look at the Automotive industry. It has gotten so automated that one company now sells cars from a vending machine.

[@FearEngine]

Jeff makes $200,000 per minute and his employees don't even receive a free prime membership, lmao, instead, after all the walking distance in the warehouse they get 30 mins to actually eat something and rest for 10+ hours of work. O and wait, they also get %10 off Amazon items. What a DEAL!!!!.

[@lolasmom5816]

No he doesn't. The company brings in a lot but youre looking at numbers b4 the cost of running the business comes off the top. That's not his money, its Amazon's money.

[@dukerhodes2660]

@@lolasmom5816 Do the research. Find out how much of the company Jeff owns and what its stock is worth today. Then do the math. I'm not gonna do it for you. It is probably less than $200,000/minute but I hear it"s more than the GDP of some countries. I just think he should do more for humanity.

[@adamkalb1]

@@dukerhodes2660 Agreed! I think he owes Brazil at least $20 billion to restore the *Amazon* rainforest. If Andy Jassey already succeeded him as the CEO, Mr. Bezos _should_ do more for humanity than waste the same number of billions on space travel and space stations.

[@RobotWizard4209]

@@adamkalb1 space travel is not a waste. Space travel is the one way to ensure humanity's survival in the long term. And why does he owe the amazon anything lol

[@duncanmoore3780]

Watched that worker get snuffed by that forklift with the safety pole a yard away, Amazon blamed the worker for his own demise when its said he was not trained in the safety procedures. D:

[@jascrandom9855]

In Germany, large Companies like Amazon, are by law obligated to have all their Employees Unionized, and have 50% representation in the Board of Directors. Wages and Labor conditions are negotiated by collective bargain. They are also the reason why German Manufacturing and Factories so efficient, as Workers can give feedback on how to optimize Production. Workers are also better informed of the state of the Company, and so can negotiate cutting hours during bad times instead of outright firing.

[@mohammedsarker5756]

Jasc Random I doubt Germany has the obligation for unions, but I do know about the shareholders thing (called codetermination if I recall correctly.) if I may ask, are you German or familiar with said system? Mean to be asking actual Germans how the system Works in practice

[@jascrandom9855]

@@mohammedsarker5756Correction: they must have Work Councils where there are 5 or more Employees.

[@wwlee5]

UPS has unions....since its founding led by UPS founder Jim Casey, who wanted to keep his managers in check. nothing wrong.

[@boyar1978]

the difference is that the employer wanted unions. I work for non union companies because I do not want to see my union dues going to support Obama, Bernie or Hellary Clinton.

[@howtocossackdance]

Under dictatorships we see how an ideology blinds people into suffering. Michael Stewart is a perfect example of this. Due to his blind political following he is allowing himself to receive the downsides to not being in a union.

[@marcthomas4488]

@@howtocossackdance "recieve tge downsides"? How so? You nean he's only perceiving the negatives. Do explain

[@bluesdoggmusicrediker4614]

thats because ups employees work their ass off alot like amazon does.....

[@wwlee5]

@@bluesdoggmusicrediker4614 not all. I worked as a service provided and drove a 1000 cubic foot vehicle, picking up 50 boxes of 45 lbs from a publishing company every day. Prior driver who retired was the slowest and they company threw more packages to keep me busy for my 9 hour route...then I became a supervisor. Anyway, Amazon got nothing on UPS, so stop your b.s.

[@jbv776]

as a close friend of a grocery store worker, nee employees are shown anti-union videos at orientation, before learning anything about the job. managers are "encouraged" to report the very mention of unions at work.

[@eddyvideostar]

To JoeVoe: Every business is different: Some are not big enough to be infiltrated by unions: others don't want to be encumbered by them. Some are moral: some are not: Different codes of conduct for each. In underground Hollywood: If you can't perform -- goodbye! In other businesses -- if you *do* "perform -- goodbye.

[@TechJayr]

I work for Amazon and I would like it for it to be union. We would get raises frequently and benefits would be better too.. Tot sucks and the rates they want are not realistic 🙄🙄!! I hope more ppl ban together and keep fighting for this to become UNION !

[@suicidaljell]

If they treated their employees better unionizing wouldn't be on anyone minds

[@g-rexsaurus794]

No, peopel always want more stuff

[@jerryvargas3591]

@@g-rexsaurus794 You would be a snitch huh? People want more stuff? What is Jeff Bezos' net worth again? Yea, keep believing that the regular worker is greedy when most of their income goes to rent.

[@ed7519]

Amazon treats their employees pretty well that pay them a great wage that used to give them stock options and extra pay based on productivity at the Amazon location you work at, but big mouth Bernie Sanders took that all away with his big mouth. It's just that picking up packages all day long is rough on the body, so if you don't want that kind of job don't do it. Find a job where you use your mind, not your body. Your choice.

[@DSrDavis-tq9qp]

You can't live the American dream of owning a home on $10 or $12 per hr . You can't own a home in today market, yeah back in 80s and 90s , maybe 2003. Not no more you have to have two plus the spouse has to have one.

[@shekharmoona544]

💯

[@ianprado1488]

8:10 Amazon's bots are becoming so life-like.

[@thenurseinblack1810]

Android sent by Cyber-Life

[@Levitiy]

Stepford wife, huh?

[@rreffell]

Ex Machina

[@thegreatfomo]

She was probably scared for her job, she had to say that.

[@radiantsewerrat1987]

Poor woman she probably had a gun to her head off camera

[@Imperial0666]

Amazon makes Walmart look good.

[@daddydiesel7177]

Ikr $15 minimum wage and they still mad?

[@KR-jc9ki]

@@daddydiesel7177 they work you like a dog

[@daddydiesel7177]

@@KR-jc9ki If you want better pay then you better work for it

[@phongdang2874]

Sad for whole foods. In Minnesota; almost all the people in the grocery business are unionized-which means that you start at a base pay and it gradually increases by itself until you max out at $30. The exceptions are Targets; Walmarts; and now Whole Foods.

[@Pavankumar-eh1qz]

I don't think this is the amazon we should be caring about right now

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

As the meme goes, "Por que los dos?"...

[@AvgJane19]

We can do both.

[@foxt.5043]

@Luna Saito the ocean is our main oxygen source

[@cinnanyan]

I'm sure all your "caring" will travel thousands of kilometres to put out the flames haha

[@mjohnson1741]

@@foxt.5043 Science is real?

[@cptjockitch]

I was a part of 2 unions. One at ups and the job i currently have now. The ups union was hardcore and Made it hard for supervisors to fire even the worst employee. I missed a whole week without calling in to ups and my union rep was confident they wouldnt fire me. I never worked for a company like ups. The workers wouldn't allow me to do anything that wasn't in my job description even picking up a package outside that fell off someones truck. I ended up quitting before my meeting for the week i missed. The current job i have now has a wonderful union. Its not too hardcore and the supervisors still have some power. my pay at this job is even better than the top drivers salary at ups. I make about $110000 a year here. The difference in both was at ups there was no good faith or attitude between the union and management.

[@awalker8534]

AMAZON NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE

[@123cbman]

I come from a union environment when I was young. What I saw was that relatives got positions in the company and did less work. There were ones that stole products caught on video and could never fired.

[@jasonm1288]

I have seen non Unionised workplaces exploit and jeopardize the safety of millions

[@moniqueparamo7084]

That's why they have a fast over rate. Because they work you like a dog.

[@kercchan3307]

lots of warehouse jobs treat their employees the same way, warehouse jobs are known for this type of work environment........

[@dubstepphene82]

That's true and I worked at the one in Shakopee. The rates are hard to maintain for a 8 plus hours

[@KumiChan2004]

@@kercchan3307 I've worked in a non-union warehouse for about 5 years now. And from what I've heard of amazon it is far worst then any other warehouse to work at. Between a literal gas leak being forced to keep working and not even allowing people to take a pee break, to keep up numbers, Amazon is worst then any other. Working people to the point of collapsing or someone being crushed to death on a shift and no one noticing.

[@stevegaxiola3589]

@@KumiChan2004 modern slavery you guys should be making $45 an hour shame on you Jeff you need to get saved The Bible says what does it prophet of man who wins the world but loses his soul,The bible says to treat others how you would prefer to be treated what if you were making $15 an hour and had to pee in a cup because they will not let you go to the bathroom for 5 10 minutes or someone chasing you down like a dog how would you like that How dare you treat humans like that.Thats someones mom,dad,son Daugher.What wrong with your brain.Give your Life to JESUS Christ He will give you a new Spirit of Love,peace,and Joy...Money is the root of all evil.Go back to your wife who you LOVE.Dont let the devil rule your Life.Repent! JESUS Loves you! And so do l. Soldier for Christ Jesus my Savior. Praying for you...

[@xchamp101]

Proud member of my local ufcw for the past view years. It is super important as it protects my job and gives me rights. I get paid extra for working on Sundays and Holidays as well as paid vacation just as a part time employee at the age of 21. They even gave me a scholarship to help me pay for school. How is any of this bad? Unions are super important for workers!

[@andysnow4328]

xchamp101 Now your company has to raise prices cause benefits arent free

[@Qstyles18]

Andy Snow oh really? Amazon already has massive profit margins...

[@andysnow4328]

Sstyles18 So what It's their money not yours or hers

[@andysnow4328]

Zack Davies When you go to a store and buy a snickers you dont keep paying after you ate the snickers

[@xchamp101]

@@andysnow4328 god forbid Jeff bezos makes slightly less money next year so his underpaid workers can gain some benefits. He doesn't need more money. His workers deserve more

[@jayhay1237]

I've been a union member and I have gone solo. For the worker it is simply picking your poison: Do you want screwed by the corporation or do you want screwed by the union?

[@Semper_Iratus]

Can’t have billionaires without wage slaves to prop them up.

[@bigcricket4677]

Lets see those wage slaves go out there and start their own company if its that easy.

[@bigcricket4677]

@C.S.E United Europe Youre probably right, CEO's should be doing 100% of the work themselves. Sound business strategy.

[@josevelazquez7818]

@Dreaming European I guess amazons customers disagree or don’t care about supposed “slave wages” judging by the success of amazon.

[@yuentsang6903]

@Dreaming EuropeanThey buy or make robotics. Problem solve

[@yuentsang6903]

Dreaming European Wuuuuuuuuuuu? There is always buyer if the product is needed.

[@mteevie1609]

Many workers think the company has their back until the the annual wage increase comes and they realize in was all for pennies.

[@flipgurujn]

I fully support Amazon workers unionizing. But please, whatever you do, do not have the Teamsters represent you. They have screwed over UPS employees when the majority voted down the last contract and they still ratified it over a technicality. The Teamsters are no longer for the workers. Find another union to represent you.

[@NicholasLittlejohn]

Team is in their name.

[@janejan9728]

Most unions are corrupt and most people are aware of this, which is why membership is dropping like a rock. They just caught that corrupt union head in detroit working with organized crime. It's not just the teamsters. Eventually the higher ups start taking cash incentives from the corporation to 'work with the company', and it's all just one giant dual extortion scheme, taking cash from both the union members and the company at the same time. The only people who gain are the union heads, everyone else is getting scammed and extorted. The members have to pay them to keep their jobs and the company has to pay them to keep their employees. It's a nice little racket.

[@TheInsomniaddict]

@@janejan9728 Agreed, most unions are corrupt. They're a good idea, but any time you give a system power corruption becomes possible, and generally, the end result.

[@Loathomar]

Maybe the UFCW, where starting salary $0.40 over the MIN WAGE!!! After just 9 months as a Clerk, you can make a whopping $12.30/hr. Who would not want to pay union dues at $12.30 rather then not having a union and having a starting wage of $15 per hour or higher? With union dues, they can earn less then $12/hour, and who wouldn't take that over $15/hr...

[@cookies9008]

so glad I live in Australia where my industry is unionised and fights for our working conditions

[@Leggir]

I've worked in a union and private. I like the attention to detail and typically more time allotted for jobs which allow for better quality work. On the flip side private has allowed me much travel, learning opportunities, and the chance to develop a great skill set. Unions essentially want everyone to just have the same skill set. I respect both.

[@zvipatent]

Thanks for a balanced comment. I have had to work with a number of lazy guys due to unionization, though most were ok; but also wanted to actually get a place where I worked unionized due to a nasty owner.

[@eddyvideostar]

To Leggin: I like your paragraph outlining the difference: The last sentence is the truth that cannot be respected. Unions could never avail themselves of your type of opportunities *collectively.* Imagine a swarm of employees doing this: laughable. ------------------------------ Unions are not meant for the creative and exotically productive. They are meant to lump or coop up workers in an office call center and/or a factory setting (which it all becomes), as you mentioned -- doing the same type of thing. Ironically, the union co-workers would be dragging down and fighting against each other if a certain few became outstanding and reaped their rightful perks in a crowded barrel's bottom.

[@firehot427]

Bruh even ups and fedex are unionized. My ass amazon.

[@jarredescobedo4]

I’m honestly terrified of amazon.

[@ouss]

do you often shop at amazon?

[@Lvlaple4Ever]

#BreakUpBigTech

[@awesomeant9509]

I would be scared more of government seeing as they already own a large monopoly and creates other monopolies. Amazon has made it better for the consumers period.

[@megsinzoa7424]

@@awesomeant9509 sure, but this is a video about the slaves that amazon works to death, not the lazy millenials benefitin of said slavery.

[@user-nu8in3ey8c]

Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Twitter have more power than some third world dictators.......they are, like Apple(which has its own secret police) quite terrifying. Google appears to be a double edged sword, it makes internet search and video hosting possible, works on military technology for the government, and seems to be a very useful company. Like IBM, if we ever lost Google we might all be poorer for it.......but at the same time it could also be a participant in the erosion of privacy and freedoms....... Anything that is very useful usually has unintended and potentially dangerous potential uses that balance those positives.

[@goldwinger5434]

I was in a union in college. Unions are anti-productivity. For example, if I had to go take a dump, my team had to come to a standstill because we all had our jobs. The foreman was not allowed to step into my spot even for five minutes. If someone figured out an easier way to do something, the union would block it out of fear of "worker elimination."

[@kennypowers2341]

damn

[@100Mmore]

That’s fine

[@dianed2985]

It’s about time that Unions and Corporates team up in the best interest of all concerned like they have in Germany. Without Unions workers get taken advantage of.

[@boyar1978]

It times we did to Unions what hitler did to them. send them to the firing squad

[@johndoe3788]

@@boyar1978 No, send capitalist to the firing squad

[@onlineclothesshoppin]

My son worked at Amazon busted his ass got fired end of story.

[@dosmastrify]

Yeah, no union, they can say "know what, we're overstuffed, fire the bottom 10% performing workers tomorrow"

[@dubstepphene82]

Me too.

[@ensignmjs7058]

That's a pretty short and dull story.

[@KPad87]

@Senad kl lol

[@scratch5120]

Jist because your son told you he busted his ass doesnt mean he did. Children will tell thier parents anything to keep thier parents happy.

[@pfcgijoe]

Law enforcement, firefighters, public school teachers, VA employees, and most hospital medical staff are unionized. Mostly good jobs with good benefits.

[@boyar1978]

yes criminals love it when police strike. no one to enforce the law then. Unions should not be allowed in public service

[@geebee6010]

And the Tradesmen too. Those are real jobs not putting things in a package on a belt.

[@ahmedhashmi3584]

pfcgijoe not tech..

[@AG-yc7vt]

Notice how all of these people are keystones of society. If police strike, there is high crime. If firefighters strike, there are uncontrolled fires. If medical workers strike, you can kiss uncle Louie goodbye, because he isn’t getting any treatment. The difference is that, the way these institutions hire they have to train or educate a person on their job. Vs Walmart or Amazon who can just fire the unionizer and hire Joe blow off the street to take his position.

[@tomofthetomb]

Brit here. The fact that American workers are so against unions and workers uniting and fighting shows why they get like 1 week holiday a year and get 0 democracy in their workplace

[@lashlarue7924]

Mixed feelings about unions. They're good in the sense that they improve bargaining power for human employees, but they also create a new power structure that has it's own politics, corruption, obligations. It sucks to be a non-union contractor in a union shop, for example.

[@40nights40daystv]

Yeah but amazon wouldn’t have non-union contract workers unlike in an auto shop

[@lashlarue7924]

@@40nights40daystv Why would you automatically assume that? I’ll bet you $1,000,000,000 that you’re 100% wrong on that assumption.

[@JesamyPorter]

I seriously read this as "How Amazon fends off unicorns" and now I'm a bit disappointed.

[@osichan69]

Fun Fact 90% CNBC content is all about Amazon

[@MarkWTK]

well, it's good to know how Jeff Bezos *unethically and immorally became the world's richest man*

[@speterj]

I count amazon mentioned 10 times in the last 65 videos so that’s 15%

[@chriswwe23]

And tesla

[@JuggernautProductions]

@@speterj I hope you did realize that the person was exaggerating. It being 15% is the reason for the exaggeration.

[@cardcode8345]

OS X Cus that’s the only company not lobbying Aoc and Cnbc Fun fact aoc is funded by apple

[@livong20]

Unions are the reason I make a decent wage and can feed my family.

[@joyn6654]

"We are not anti union". "As long as we can control the union". -Amazon

[@car24dude]

A company that I worked at, has WARNED the employees .....if they become a UNION they WILL CLOSE THE PLANT. And they DID, after 4 years they closed. They already had a plant in Mexico saying they get paid OLNLY $7 US dollars a day, plus 2 meal 🥘 each work day. They MOVED and expanded the plant in Mexico. So.......the company said why pay employees above the minimum wage, and where México will work over 40 hours a week without paying overtime. Foxconn that manufactures Apple products like iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Apple TV, WILL NEVER move to the US. Foxconn pays about $2.50 per hour, plus room and board, plus English classes. WILL YOU WORK IN THE US for that kind of pay.

[@car24dude]

GamingTV, yes....the first year UNION dues was $55 a week.... then $75 a week.

[@johnmoore1495]

Sadly due to the globalization of the economy and poor tax policy it’s far too easy to outsource. Not really labor’s fault. Politicians have screwed over the average Joe for the last 40 years.

[@johnmoore1495]

Subaru STi $20/hr non-union vs $30/hr union easily pays for that $75 a week.

[@mightza3781]

The post-war era was a different time. American factory workers could leverage the fact that all the other factories in the world got bombed back then.

[@1hard2findbro]

i live in a right to work state. the recent rise of pity hiring debt addled, aloof, passive aggressive, college graduate hacks makes me want to run to unions. especially, once you realize that high earners are being pushed out for said hacks and avoiding triggers becomes the new bottom line.

[@MissBunny850]

Every state is a right to work state except for like Montana I think

[@toddhsams]

The only reason amazon employees are getting a better deal from amazon is the THREAT of a union..!!!....No THREAT no gains...simple...

[@klartoflehaven5966]

Thats huge facts. If you're a non-union construction worker, thank your local union for bargaining you half their wages lmao

[@tashawilliams1247]

I just got a job and it is unionized. I will be making 22.37hr, I will have to pay a union fee but it is worth it. I will have medical, dental, and 2 week Vacation after the first year. I worked for this same government job 10years ago and I was able to buy a house, have a child, save for retirement and feel secure in my job.

[@jessicakaye3467]

Curious what type of job could that be?

[@taubevictor8989]

They pay off the politicians on both sides of the isle..." It keeps politicians away from their business.

[@thatonedudebutwho9919]

Amazon made 10 billion dollars in 2018 but they act like they make 5 dollars every 10 years

[@matthewharris4424]

Educate yourself. Amazon didn’t get to where it is by giving out hand outs, or paying staff generously. They cut costs to develop a product/service that is completely designed for customers without staff in mind. Simple choice if u don’t want to work for Amazon don’t. Employing 600,000 people alone does great good to many people around the world.

[@bmay8818]

@@matthewharris4424 Ah yes, ye olde "if you don't like it, don't work there", one of the most often-spouted tropes of corporate apologists. First of all, what you're saying is that it's okay for a rich company to deliberately screw its employees if it means higher profits. Second, you seem to believe that there is an abundance of better jobs out there, and Amazon employees are taking jobs there entirely by choice. Or maybe it's actually the case that a job at Amazon is one of the only options available in many places. If what you're saying was true, we wouldn't even have garbage collectors, janitors, etc, because all of those people would have found better jobs.

[@user-nu8in3ey8c]

@@bmay8818 I must agree, even non-unionized workers benefit from unions. Non-unionized companies compete for workers by treating their workers a little bit better than they would otherwise. There are also very few jobs out there.........as automation, prison labor, illegal undocumented labor, and immigrant labor puts additional pressure on the supply of workers, wages and worker treatment will fall............it is simple supply and demand. The government better figure something out, when most of their population is too poor to buy products and pay taxes, the system will crumble. They do not have much time left to figure something out as robots and AI gets better.......... When the labor unions die, you know that its time to prepare for the worst.

[@bmay8818]

@@user-nu8in3ey8c Aside from it being the case that immigrants usually take jobs that regular people won't do, I agree. Automation is increasing, and we need to be prepared for the different future that brings. I've decided that when I hire an employee, I will pay them at least double minimum wage. I get so freaking sick and tired of assholes saying that people should be happy to have a job at all, that $7/hr is fine, while the rich get even more absurdly rich because of it, and I want to help. Ethics are sorely lacking from far too many companies. Why pay people $15 or $20/hr for basic jobs? Maybe because it's the right thing to do to treat your fellow humans decently. Profit is not everything, and every business should be fine with somewhat lower profits if it means their employees will do better. Besides, happy employees who are paid correctly are good employees. In-N-Out figured that out a long time ago, but McDonald's and the rest still think high turnover is normal.

[@matthewharris4424]

One word. Capitalism. This system caused these problems. But also caused innovation. There should be a compromise with everything though.

[@nc4tn]

“Our employees are our greatest asset” Yeah, right.

[@WolfTwister]

How Amazon *fended* off unions Solidarity forever ✊

[@weareorigin]

My relative's retirement is relying on a union pension. Without the union pension, they get $1400 per month from Social Security. Good luck living on $1400 per month.

[@DryLog420]

Where I'm from, old age pension is about half of that... your folks should consider themselves lucky..

[@igorbukhantsov]

Stop relying on others. Be responsible and think about your own retirement.

[@shatteredstar2149]

Should have set up a savings account when they started working, people who think social security is going to be enough to take care of them are dumb.

[@yugiohpokemon5285]

No 401k or other investments?

[@yugiohpokemon5285]

@@DryLog420 sounds like they made poor life choices

[@babbon9043]

So if you mention unions the company will give you better money better benefits and better working conditions so in the end you should thank the Union. This is what I got from this program.

[@TheInsomniaddict]

The threat of unions is more beneficial than unions themselves. Most are pretty corrupt and if you're of the type that thinks workplace politics are BS you'd absolutely love what the extra layer brought in by unionization would do for you.

[@jasonwoodruff9546]

Amazon workers have absolutely nothing to loose by starting a union.

[@gothicpagan.666]

So it costs approx an extra 40% more to employ a union member?

[@Derosier.]

Watch the complete Amazon anti-union and orientation infographic a lot not shown .

[@chiyerano]

I thought as much.

[@8aked]

Spot on, CNBC just pushing Amazon's agenda

[@williaminus6545]

This is really good. Can someone recommend a good book on unionization efforts since 1980 and how they have been overcome by Wall Street and greedy, profiteering exploiters. Such a book should be written, if it has not been already. Please let me know.

[@BigD4446]

I personally would have went with a “Hybridization Union Model”. Something hand crafted that would have still brought about his success and protected the workers rights and realization to work in a comfortable/normalized environment, where there time/future isn’t sacrificed for success of one.

[@mikemkgta5988]

My employer said if we try to unionize he will find a way to fire everyone n start up again. Is this legal

[@nachannachle2706]

Your employer can certainly shut down his own company at his own whims. But the time it will take him to borrow money, re-issue the company's paperwork, re-purchase workplace, re-hire employees, re-train workers will incur HUGE losses. Way beyond what any ordinary business can take in this recession-like context. No to mention the loss of standing/reputation in the community. My advice: ignore the barking of a wounded dog. Just walk your dignified human way. All the best.

[@j.lizbardo]

Legal or not. If he is taking more risk with less money coming in. Make no mistake, there will be a point in which he will file for bankrupcy which is legal and bad for employees.

[@WhatsUpWithSheila]

Yes its legal... all he has to do is change the name on the building & list the new name on his Fed ID #... It's not a costly or time-consuming process as you would think... And it's the only way to stop other people from taking over something he built.

[@boyar1978]

All i need to do is have a shell company buy up or merge with my company and then i can let everyone go and hire people who are loyal to me.