Unionization is essential for maintaining and protecting workers' rights.
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I just want to say I'm sorry, on behalf of all Americans, for exporting Black Friday to the rest of the world.
Taking the blame for capitalists, huh. We didn't export shit, it was the greedy companies chasing profit.
It's just Americans being programmed to feel guilty online.
I know the stereotype is Canadians saying sorry, but online Americans tend to feel the most guilty about almost everything.
should happen worldwide. Trickle down doesn't work. It is in their nature to be greedy and we can't depend on these rich greedy bastards to pay a fair wage.
Do it in America as well
pretty sure in america most "Amazon employees" are set up as contract workers so they can be fired at any time
Aside from Montana, the remaining 49 are "at will" employment states. You can be fired for any reason at any time, aside from if your employment is terminated for being part of a protected class, regardless of if you are a contractor or not. There are some jobs that have more protections, like union jobs (yay unions). There are also some employment agreements that are not at will if I believe too.
You can also leave your job at any time for any reason in an at will state.
What do you mean you "can" leave your job any time. They can't drag you into the office
In some countries you must submit a letter of resignation a few weeks or months in advance, otherwise you don't get resignation bonuses and your employer might even take you to court for lost productivity. Of course, this only applies to people who are simply quitting for personal reasons.
I was recently visiting the Scandinavian office of my American company, and there was a going away party for one of the employees. When he was talking he said something along the lines of “when I resigned X months ago I didn’t know I’d be here this long” and I was a bit confused at first.
1 month notice is in law in Hungary. 2 months in contracts are pretty standard at this point. Now I see more and more 3 months. (I personally have 2.)
How is that enforced? Just financial incentives?
Somebody above mentioned resignation bonuses, which sounds like it’s just terms in your contract.
As notice periods are recognized and written into law (the law says that minimum 30 days or whatever your contract says), they can sue you for lost profit. It's basically that your contract is not up, not finished until your notice period ends, so the same enforcement applies as if you won't show up for work some day. You are still a full-time, fully recognized employee until your notice ends.
But breaking it is not really a thing here: we are used to it, and it's actually recognized as mutually beneficial. If they fire me, I still have 2 months of sure salary and if I resign, they have 2 months to look for a replacement.
Competitive wages and benefits... which does not mean "good" wages and benefits.
Competitive usually means "just above minimum wage" and "bare minimum" benefits.
And by announcing it ahead of time Amazon already mitigated it
that's not how industrial action works. when negotiations break down, you make a credible threat you intend to follow through on. if you aren't in a shithole country Amazon's "mitigation" measures are going to be extremely limited aside from negotiating in good faith and coming to an agreement
They will just increase staffing at a nearby warehouse to handle the load. You think this is the only warehouse they got?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - More than 1,000 workers at an Amazon (AMZN.O) warehouse in Britain will strike for four days next month, including on the typically busy Black Friday shopping day, the GMB trade union said on Tuesday.
GMB said the workers would walk out of the site in Coventry, central England from Nov. 7-9, as well as on Nov. 24, Black Friday, in a long-running dispute over pay which has resulted in multiple walk-outs so far this year.
In response to a request for comment, Amazon UK Country Manager John Boumphrey said the company offered competitive wages and benefits.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - More than 1,000 workers at an Amazon (AMZN.O) warehouse in Britain will strike for four days next month, including on the typically busy Black Friday shopping day, the GMB trade union said on Tuesday.
GMB said the workers would walk out of the site in Coventry, central England from Nov. 7-9, as well as on Nov. 24, Black Friday, in a long-running dispute over pay which has resulted in multiple walk-outs so far this year.
In response to a request for comment, Amazon UK Country Manager John Boumphrey said the company offered competitive wages and benefits.
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Still saves you a click
To be fair, at least it recognized that it was short enough and didn't take out stuff it shouldn't.
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