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Felix Allen, a recently fired New Orleans-based organizer at Lowe's, recounts the measures taken by his employer to prevent his store from unionizing.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Calling them 'family', doesn't make them family.

They'll call employees 'yer lordship' if it'd save them 2 cents.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is 100% true. At my last position, they hired a head winemaker at a cheaper than market rate. He had accepted because they let him choose his own title... Wine Overlord.