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1. jivetu+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-03-30 18:31:08
you're missing a point.

the workers here are not unionized. it therefore isn't a strike. we can safely assume that not all workers are participating in the walkout, and those that don't presumably still want work (orders) to come in.

i understand your pro-labor position (i am also pro-labor), but because this isn't a union effort, ie voted on and carried out by a singular work force, there aren't scabs. there are those who agree and those who don't. applying a disparaging label to those who chose not to participate is promotion of a one-sided message; a political bias.

also, wrt the amazon part of this news, it's a single warehouse in NY, and given that it's now 3PM there, and there is no news story of an actual walkout, it's safe to say that the effort fizzled.

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2. lonela+YX[view] [source] 2020-03-31 02:40:08
>>jivetu+(OP)
Unions are democratic(ish), not unanimous. A nonunion walkout is equivalent to a union strike if you didn't support the decision to strike.
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