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Amazon Says It Doesn't 'Employ' Drivers, But Records Show It Hired Firms to Prevent Them From Unionizing::Amazon spent $14.2 million total on anti-union consulting in 2022, filings with the Department of Labor show.

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[-] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

That’s weirdest part, at this point the hoops Amazon has jumped through vs how profitable of a company they are - it must be cheaper for them to just let people unionise and pay them more + give better conditions?

[-] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net 2 points 1 year ago

Do you want to pay people more because they're better at their job or do you want to pay people more because they've been warming a chair longer than anyone else?

[-] Hyggyldy@sffa.community 12 points 1 year ago

I really don't care to play "who deserves a minimum quality of life".

[-] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net 2 points 1 year ago

Reality doesn't care whether you care to play or not.

There's a limited amount of resources, you can't hire everyone on Earth, you can't give everyone an unlimited salary. Everything past that you're making decisions as to who gets what.

And by the way, if you make enough poor decisions eventually everyone loses their jobs.

[-] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

There are PLENTY of resources to go around, but a teeny teeny tiny percentage of people are hogging over half of them all for themselves.

[-] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Agreed, there’s limited resources, that’s exactly why we can’t afford to waste any more on another CEO mega yacht or private plane. We’re capable of a post-scarcity society with just the setup we have today, were we to distribute resources on need rather than greed.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

BuT tHeY EaRnEd It! JuSt Be A cEo ToO!

[-] Hyggyldy@sffa.community 2 points 1 year ago

Life's not a video game or a book.

[-] dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Or because people need more to make a living? The whole argument of "it's a shitty job and shouldn't be used to support you" doesn't really work anymore.

[-] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net 2 points 1 year ago

That doesn't have anything to do with what I said.

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