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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

Our Philosophies:

All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.

Our Goals

Higher wages for underpaid workers.
Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
Better and fewer working hours.
Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.

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Sanders Releases Sweeping Report Exposing How Amazon’s Obsession with Speed Injures Workers at Unprecedented Rates (www.sanders.senate.gov)

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On the heels of thousands of Amazon workers voting to authorize a strike at the company’s first-ever unionized warehouse, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), yesterday released a report entitled “The ‘Injury-Productivity Trade-off’: How Amazon’s Obsession with Speed Creates Uniquely Dangerous Warehouses.” The report presents the findings of a sweeping, 18-month investigation led by Chairman Sanders into Amazon’s abysmal workplace safety practices.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The majority of people: "gotta take advantage of the single day delivery!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I want to let Amazon figure out the most efficient way to deliver to me (which isn't often). My intuition says that deviating from the first suggested method of delivery is throwing a wrench in their algo somehow. I trust that the profit seeking machine inside will ship something in the least work possible by design, but there's no option for "Amazon figures it out, within a week."

Alternatively maybe an option for the highest risk of injuries would be a better metric to choose the shipping speed, some kind of spectrum ui option from very likely to unlikely. Just giving those IT guys some UX ideas.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

My intuition says that deviating from the first suggested method of delivery is throwing a wrench in their algo somehow.

From my experience, I usually have to pick an option other than the default, because I rarely need something to arrive between 4am and 7 am! LOL

I'm fine with "any time tomorrow or the next day", since that's typically the only other option.