Amazon

Posted by: Stuminator

Posted by: ReductiMat

Posted by: Stuminator

Amazon getting gubmint subsidies is not right.

Any corp getting subsidies is not right, unless they're startups that have a large upside.

Apparently Tesla gets a lot of government subsidies.

One can always back a statement up with facts and data!!

https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/top-100-parents

At least with Tesla, the subsidy is going toward a forward-looking venture, rather than companies that contribute to our environmental problems, like most of the others in the list.

Right? Like it's not hard to look objectively at the greater good Tesla is working towards vs the status quo of everything else.

Okay, so I can see the government wanting to keep jobs / manufacturing in country and giving big corporations & large employers tax breaks in order to do that. But how much is too much? The workers of those companies will make a wage, spend some money, stimulate the economy etc. Perhaps the question is, is it worth it?

Posted by: Adam-West

Right? Like it's not hard to look objectively at the greater good Tesla is working towards vs the status quo of everything else.

Give me a break. Musk is your typical capitalist pig mistreating his workers (1), while ripping off the taxpayers (2)......

(1.) https://www.truthdig.com/articles/elon-musk-is-gaslighting-america/

(2.) https://www.salon.com/2018/02/12/the-case-for-nationalizing-elon-musk/

.....who thinks he's gonna' flee to Mars with his groupies and watch us all burn through a telescope.

It was fucking hilarious watching him watch some dude break the unbreakable windows of that hidious pick-up reveal of his not once, but twice! 

ROTFLMAO!

GMB investigations into Amazon working practices have revealed

More than 600 ambulance call outs to Amazon warehouses over a three year period. 

More than 600 serious incidents reported to the Health and Safety Executive for injuries including fractures, head injuries, contusions and collisions with heavy equipment 

GMB members report targets being so horrific they have to use plastic bottles to urinate in instead of going to the toilet, and pregnant women have been forced to stand for hours on end 

At least one pregnant woman reporting losing a pregnancy at work, saying an ambulance was not called, and she went home on the bus, with her co-workers in blood stained clothes 

87% of Amazon workers responding to that survey said that were in some form of constant pain in their body joints.  

https://www.facebook.com/GMBunion/videos/465284667431322/

AMAZON, Seattle, Washington; California, Maryland and Texas

Six worker deaths in seven months; 13 deaths since 2013. Reports of a high incidence of suicide attempts; workers urinating in bottles and workers left without resources or income after on-the-job injuries. The company was also a “Dirty Dozen” entry in 2018.

https://coshnetwork.org/2019-Dirty-Dozen-Release

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/amazon-abuses-workers-and-the-climate-because-it-can/

This holiday season, think of an alternative.

Posted by: tungsten

AMAZON, Seattle, Washington; California, Maryland and Texas

Six worker deaths in seven months; 13 deaths since 2013. Reports of a high incidence of suicide attempts; workers urinating in bottles and workers left without resources or income after on-the-job injuries. The company was also a “Dirty Dozen” entry in 2018.

https://coshnetwork.org/2019-Dirty-Dozen-Release

This holiday season, think of an alternative.

Way ahead of you. Not too many steps from being a sweat shop.

I'm doubling down and ordering from backcountry on amazon

Posted by: tungsten

AMAZON, Seattle, Washington; California, Maryland and Texas

Six worker deaths in seven months; 13 deaths since 2013. Reports of a high incidence of suicide attempts; workers urinating in bottles and workers left without resources or income after on-the-job injuries. The company was also a “Dirty Dozen” entry in 2018.

https://coshnetwork.org/2019-Dirty-Dozen-Release

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/amazon-abuses-workers-and-the-climate-because-it-can/

This holiday season, think of an alternative.

Heck no.   They have great prices and services. 

As for the number of deaths, how about some stats from other companies that employ 650,000 workers.

Posted by: switch

Posted by: tungsten

AMAZON, Seattle, Washington; California, Maryland and Texas

Six worker deaths in seven months; 13 deaths since 2013. Reports of a high incidence of suicide attempts; workers urinating in bottles and workers left without resources or income after on-the-job injuries. The company was also a “Dirty Dozen” entry in 2018.

https://coshnetwork.org/2019-Dirty-Dozen-Release

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/amazon-abuses-workers-and-the-climate-because-it-can/

This holiday season, think of an alternative.

Heck no.   They have great prices and services. 

As for the number of deaths, how about some stats from other companies that employ 650,000 workers.

Almost every company that size has a union, for a reason. Once they finalize the automatons, they'll be set.

I still choose brick & mortar shopping. I rarely order anything online. Old school.

Also, people who bad mouth unions should realize that without unions, creeps like Bezos can get away with anything. How long before under-age kids are working in factories again? What's next, will weekends disappear?

Posted by: Stuminator

I still choose brick & mortar shopping. I rarely order anything online. Old school.

Also, people who bad mouth unions should realize that without unions, creeps like Bezos can get away with anything. How long before under-age kids are working in factories again? What's next, will weekends disappear?

This, couldn’t agree more. And considering your last couple posts, cheer up man.🤘

Posted by: tungsten

Posted by: Adam-West

Right? Like it's not hard to look objectively at the greater good Tesla is working towards vs the status quo of everything else.

Give me a break. Musk is your typical capitalist pig mistreating his workers (1), while ripping off the taxpayers (2)......

(1.) https://www.truthdig.com/articles/elon-musk-is-gaslighting-america/

(2.) https://www.salon.com/2018/02/12/the-case-for-nationalizing-elon-musk/

.....who thinks he's gonna' flee to Mars with his groupies and watch us all burn through a telescope.

It was fucking hilarious watching him watch some dude break the unbreakable windows of that hidious pick-up reveal of his not once, but twice! 

ROTFLMAO!

I don't really trust any of the super-ambitious big business geniuses to be altruistic to their employees (most of them are total assholes), but you didn't refute what Adam West was saying.  America needs far better laws to protect regular people, we all know that, and any business competing with the big boys is using the tax loops holes and weak employment standards to keep costs down at the expense of everyone else, we all know that too, but tax incentives should be for promoting industries just like carbon taxes should be used to punish polluters.  If you want your country to be ahead of the pack in AI for example, you subsidize it heavily and get the best people.  One thing doesn't negate the other.

He can flee to Mars all he wants, but we can at least recognize it will be his trailblazing that gets humans there in our lifetimes.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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One of the best ways to thank essential workers is to support the fight to improve their lives.

Instacart & Amazon workers are on strike for:

- Safer working conditions

- Paid leave 4all

- Hazard pay

You can help. Skip your order today & offer to help those who rely on delivery. https://twitter.com/npr/status/1244614460893003777 …

NPR

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Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island and grocery deliverers for Instacart nationwide are preparing to strike — demanding stepped-up protection and pay as they continue to work amid the pandemic.https://trib.al/bFwNoib

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9:32 AM - Mar 30, 2020