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The crisis has provided a lot of leverage for these workers, but large-scale unemployment has also made replacing them easier than ever before. Will be interesting to see what happens here.

>>djohns+(OP)
Lets hope "the right thing" and the companies start treating their employers better.

Otherwise, the onus is on the rest of us to remember how these companies value human life.

>>oarsin+j
my gut tells me that, given the public support for essential workers rn, and the meager demands, amazon will accept the terms

>>djohns+(OP)
The reputation hit that Amazon is setting itself to take due to the ongoing treatment of some of its staff might do more harm to it than just keeping the company's staff happy.

>>oarsin+j
No one cares that their products are made possible by literal slave labor. Most people care so little, they aren't even aware which of their belongings are made possible through slave labor. You really think anyone is really concerned with how companies treat human life? Concerned enough to sacrifice their own benefits instead of just parting with pretty words? I don't think so.

>>Kaiyou+d2
People care.

It's just that things break down in hyperefficient settings (factories, warehouses etc) when unpredictable events hit them. These environments aren't great at adapting quickly to things they haven't faced before.

Before anyone with decision making power or imagination, can be pulled in to deal with some issue, (that no one has training or experience to handle on the front lines), it's already all over social media and the news. That's just how things work currently.

Give it a few days before reacting to whatevers on the net or on the news.

>>op03+48
> People care.

They really don't. If people cared, Nike wouldn't use child slave labor.

>>bluntf+oy
Some people can afford to care and don't.

Most people just can't afford to demonstrate they care. If you're part of an exploited underclass, feeding your family has to be more important.

>>op03+48
Maybe but most people don't, I certainly don't. I care cheaper price and fast shipping.

>>oarsin+IO
That's just an excuse to shift responsibility. In a kill or be killed situation, you could always choose to be killed instead of killing, you'd just have to sacrifice your life. It's just that people don't actually care enough to give up their life or any of their benefits.

It always comes down to the fact that people will not give up their own benefits for someone else. If you want people to do something you have to appeal to their self-interest, not their morality.