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softspokenman · M
@laotzu92 We both spelled 'cognitive' but I'm the "Dunceman"? 😂 I am sooo insulted.
laotzu92 · M
@softspokenman ha ha ha.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
I see you describe Amazon's anti-union antics.
It operates in the UK too, where it narrowly avoided having to allow its staff to join unions.
It had to run a ballot on potential union access. That returned a small majority in its favour, after the company spent a lot of money on a propaganda compaign to persuade employees to say "No". I do not know what form this propaganda took. That was not reported.
Unions or not, in Britain or any other European country, it can NOT discriminate by race, sex and sexual orientation, disability or religion. Such discrimination was already illegal well before Amazon came here.
It must also pay at least the Minimum Wage, now called the "National Living Wage", and obey all other labour-protection laws such as on Health and Safety.
The company and its lorry drivers also have to abide by regulations on working-hours, monitored by the tachograph. This was introduced back in the 1980s I think - in the face of rather foolish "spy in the cab" opposition. It not only tries to prevent drivers being exploited, but is also for road safety after fatal accidents caused by tired lorry-drivers dozing off at the wheel and strking other vehicles. The tachograph law is to try to minimise the risk of that.
Nior can Amazon make people redundant, or dismiss them, without good reason and proper process; but keeping trades-unions out may limit that from the company's point of view.
How Amazon's board in the USA, and its employees there, would view all this, I can only imagine; but they must have known all the rules and regulations beforehand.
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Most government and local-government staff, and many employees of major companies, here are in unions; and on the whole it works well. Though I am now in my union's Retired Members' branch.
It operates in the UK too, where it narrowly avoided having to allow its staff to join unions.
It had to run a ballot on potential union access. That returned a small majority in its favour, after the company spent a lot of money on a propaganda compaign to persuade employees to say "No". I do not know what form this propaganda took. That was not reported.
Unions or not, in Britain or any other European country, it can NOT discriminate by race, sex and sexual orientation, disability or religion. Such discrimination was already illegal well before Amazon came here.
It must also pay at least the Minimum Wage, now called the "National Living Wage", and obey all other labour-protection laws such as on Health and Safety.
The company and its lorry drivers also have to abide by regulations on working-hours, monitored by the tachograph. This was introduced back in the 1980s I think - in the face of rather foolish "spy in the cab" opposition. It not only tries to prevent drivers being exploited, but is also for road safety after fatal accidents caused by tired lorry-drivers dozing off at the wheel and strking other vehicles. The tachograph law is to try to minimise the risk of that.
Nior can Amazon make people redundant, or dismiss them, without good reason and proper process; but keeping trades-unions out may limit that from the company's point of view.
How Amazon's board in the USA, and its employees there, would view all this, I can only imagine; but they must have known all the rules and regulations beforehand.
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Most government and local-government staff, and many employees of major companies, here are in unions; and on the whole it works well. Though I am now in my union's Retired Members' branch.
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
It’s been one year since state-mandated COVID-19 mitigation protocols took effect across the state. Now, a year later, many of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s mandates remain in place, nearly 500,000 Illinoisans are out of work, Illinois posts the highest unemployment rate in the Midwest and more than 35% of small businesses are closed.
When COVID struck, Whitmer shuttered much of the state’s economy. Her rules deemed which careers were “essential” and ordered “nonessential” workers to stay home. Whitmer banned stores larger than 50,000 square feet from selling paint and home-improvement supplies, as well as advertising for “nonessential” goods. Even poperating a motorboat could bring criminal charges, as could traveling to a secondary home. Her lockdown was the longest and most strict in the Midwest. These were just a few of the nearly 200 emergency orders Whitmer issued in less than a year, mostly related to COVID, that left businesses scrambling to comply. Whitmer’s policies led to gyms being raided, and strip clubs operating while small businesses such as catering, bowling alleys, and more were forced to close or operate under heavy restrictions. Over 2,500 Detroiters were ticketed for violating Whitmer’s emergency rules by the Detroit Police Department from April 14 through May 18.
It has been 365 days since Governor Newsom issued a stay-at-home order with the promise that it would be only for a few weeks to fight the pandemic and flatten the curve. Fifty-seven Executive Orders later, an estimated 19,000 businesses have shuttered their doors and others are teetering on the brink of closure, 1.7 million Californians are unemployed, and fraudulent unemployment claims climb to $31 billion dollars, and there is no end in sight with the Governor refusing to relinquish his ‘one-man rule.’ And what has not been shut down has been burned down or washed away by mudslides by the "champions of the working class".
When COVID struck, Whitmer shuttered much of the state’s economy. Her rules deemed which careers were “essential” and ordered “nonessential” workers to stay home. Whitmer banned stores larger than 50,000 square feet from selling paint and home-improvement supplies, as well as advertising for “nonessential” goods. Even poperating a motorboat could bring criminal charges, as could traveling to a secondary home. Her lockdown was the longest and most strict in the Midwest. These were just a few of the nearly 200 emergency orders Whitmer issued in less than a year, mostly related to COVID, that left businesses scrambling to comply. Whitmer’s policies led to gyms being raided, and strip clubs operating while small businesses such as catering, bowling alleys, and more were forced to close or operate under heavy restrictions. Over 2,500 Detroiters were ticketed for violating Whitmer’s emergency rules by the Detroit Police Department from April 14 through May 18.
It has been 365 days since Governor Newsom issued a stay-at-home order with the promise that it would be only for a few weeks to fight the pandemic and flatten the curve. Fifty-seven Executive Orders later, an estimated 19,000 businesses have shuttered their doors and others are teetering on the brink of closure, 1.7 million Californians are unemployed, and fraudulent unemployment claims climb to $31 billion dollars, and there is no end in sight with the Governor refusing to relinquish his ‘one-man rule.’ And what has not been shut down has been burned down or washed away by mudslides by the "champions of the working class".
CougarLisa · 36-40, F
@sunsporter1649 Don't forget how they closed churches in San Francisco while allowing the bath houses to stay open. Priorities...lmao...
MarineBob · 56-60, M
@CougarLisa bathhouses pay taxes
softspokenman · M
@JSul3 He has a framed picture of his Mug shot and number, PO135809, placed on the wall in the hallway outside the door of the Oval Office. To remind him every time he enters how he believes that he was "Persecuted" by the Democrats.
"He who saves his Country does not violate any law." DJT
"He who saves his Country does not violate any law." DJT
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softspokenman · M
The trump administration had fired between 1000 and 2000 employees at the Department of Energy (DOE) but appeared to partly backtrack amid safety concerns. They wanted to hire some back but can't locate them.
*Newsweek reached out to the WH and the DOE by Email on Friday for comment*
*Newsweek reached out to the WH and the DOE by Email on Friday for comment*
PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
For a guy who claims to support American workers apparently he fully supports the sale and offshoring of Intel's fabs to Taiwan.
It is not like Intel is a mom and pop shop either even with automation.
It is not like Intel is a mom and pop shop either even with automation.
MartinII · 70-79, M
@ArishMell Trade unions can only represent their members (though trade union leaders sometimes pursue political agendas that are quite separate from their members's interests). TU members are typically permanent employees who value, among other things, security of employment. But some workers, or would-be workers, They may be self-employed, prefer a number of short-term jobs, don't mind zero-hours contracts, value job mobility over job security. So a government that wants to champion the interests of workers generally needs to find a balance between different interests and objectives.
All that said, perhaps my original comment was a little crudely expressed. More accurate to say that the interests of workers and trade unions are not always identical.
All that said, perhaps my original comment was a little crudely expressed. More accurate to say that the interests of workers and trade unions are not always identical.
JohnnySpot · 56-60, M
luckranger71 · 51-55, M
@JohnnySpot 😂. Good one
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DonaldTrumpet · 70-79, M
GoVeRNmenTz WorKERz notZ WorkERz HuNz