Amazon spent $14.2 million total on anti-union consulting in 2022, filings with the Department of Labor show.

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.

  • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    517·
    1 year ago

    I’ve always been a bit conflicted about unions. Those seem to be a good thing up to a point but I sometimes hear stories of them also taking it a bit too far and basically blackmailing employees to do what ever they want because otherwise they’re losing their entire work force. In the case of amazon though it seems like a union is exactly what they need. It’s a subject I need to research more. And I’m saying this as a member and beneficiary of extremely strong union.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      122·
      1 year ago

      You definitely need to research it more. Do you like overtime? Sick time? Weekends off? Vacations? Unions fought and won all of those things. You would be working like they did in the 19th century without unions and you wouldn’t have time to talk about it on Lemmy.

      • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        12·
        1 year ago

        It’s always fun seeing the wins on the union calendar from a century ago. It’d be nice if they weren’t focused on just making money off us now.

    • FreddyNO@lemmy.worldEnglish
      83·
      1 year ago

      What the hell are you on about? Unions are essential to a good and fair work environment. Without them, you are fighting for your rights against a company, by yourself. Those stories you’ve heard mean nothing if you don’t have any sources to back them up

    • cooopsspace@infosec.pubEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Back in the day Australia had ultra stong workforce to the point of being absolute thugs. Dad said he literally got chased off a work site until he backpaid a year of union dues.

      Now I’m not saying that was the right thing to do, but I do believe that every industry needs a union that is employee ran and to be able to freely talk to peers about pay and conditions.