Amazon's Union-Busting Training Video
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Actual clips from Amazon's union-busting training video that was sent to Whole Foods management in 2018. It was then leaked by Whole Worker to the media. #Wh...
    • ram@bookwormstory.socialEnglish
      1231·
      11 months ago

      It is illegal, but the US is completely toothless with enforcement on anyone with any amount of wealth.

      • AZmaybe9@lemm.ee
        481·
        11 months ago

        Thankfully, Biden recently gave the IRS some teeth to go after millionaires who rely on tax dodging. So there’s hope as long as a criminal isn’t put in charge to de-teeth the government again.

        • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
          14·
          11 months ago

          And hopefully the pendulum doesn’t swing too far next year for all that effort to be rolled back

  • Blue and Orange@lemm.ee
    1112·
    11 months ago

    “If two people who don’t normally speak to each other start speaking, they may be organising”

    Making new friends 😤😤😤👎🚫🚫🚫

  • catboss@feddit.de
    671·
    11 months ago

    I’d like to take this chance to say

    Fuck Amazon. Fuck this video. Fuck Amazon. Fuck whoever thinks this is okay. Fuck their management. Fuck this union busting bullshit. Fucking make these assholes pay taxes. Fucking break their shit company up. Also fuck Amazon.

    Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

    • unfreeradical@lemmy.worldEnglish
      45·
      11 months ago

      You might not interpret the motive as based on fear, if you think your employer loves you wants to make you happy and feel protected.

      • forrgott@lemm.ee
        62·
        11 months ago

        Umm, that wouldn’t change the truth? I guess I’m confused about what your argument is…

  • oroboros@sh.itjust.works
    40·
    11 months ago

    Wow be on the lookout for people talking to people they didn’t talk to before, or people being upset, this is thought police, this is actually, literally, fucking 1984!

  • aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world
    40·
    11 months ago

    “We’re not anti-union, but we’re not neutral either.”

    Well Amazon, you’re not pro-union, so what exactly are you? ‘Cause that pretty much covers the full spectrum.

  • Tenthrow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    11 months ago

    I don’t understand the media professionals who made this. How can you live with yourself?

  • Thrife@feddit.de
    33·
    11 months ago

    Holy shit is this badly done. Starting with no answers whatsoever, why unions are regarded as bad except for “but our customers and partners!” and then a huge load of infodump about potential signs…

    • Striker@lemmy.worldOP
      16·
      11 months ago

      Explaining why they think unions are bad requires them explaining what a union even is.

    • danwardvs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      11 months ago

      Not partners, but shareholders. It doesn’t beat around the bush. It outright says “unions are not in the best interest for shareholders”

    • IndefiniteBen@leminal.space
      2·
      11 months ago

      I was thinking about this the other day and while I’m sure they would never admit it, I think the reason Amazon is so anti-union is to prepare for automation.

      Whenever they can reliably replace all the low-income employees with robots, they will do so. If employees had a union they might be able to stop or slow the replacement of people with robots.

  • Th4tGuyII@kbin.social
    27·
    11 months ago

    We aren’t against unions or organising, but anyone seen doing so is to be immediately reported to their manager’s manager’s manager so they can be fired immediately kindly defend their right to a direct relationship with the “associate”