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[–] 60 points 3 weeks ago

This is why corporations want AI so badly. If they can’t use it to replace you, they will use it to control you.

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  • [–] 30 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

    "AI, how do I start a union when Amazon is using these tactics?"

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  • [–] 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (11 children)

    There's a definite disparity in the dataset available to you and the dataset available to your employer. You can't Sony AI Uno Reverse your way out of this one.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

    Sure you can. You might have to pay a little for it.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

    Employers start with personal data on every one of their employees. And they can do slimey shit like this, if you're building a union you need to build trust, and monitoring your members wouldn't be doing that.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    So what. You gotta try, even if it's not as good.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Maybe the money would be better spent on pizza to get people to come to your union meetings....

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    I have helped organize a workplace and I cant think of a way AI could have aided us. My fellow organizers would occasionally ask it advice or questions about labor law.

    The first use case didn't produce anything overly helpful, but maybe it helped soothe their nerves. The second use case... We're not lawyers and the devil is in the details. Fortunately we had help from the organization we joined. They were extremely helpful and knowledgeable.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    AI is great at sources and finding places that have done it before. Also, if you put in what Amazon is doing, there may be sources for laws that they're breaking, and ways you can legally counteract. Notice, I said sources. It can also help you organize all of the info*. AI is an amazing intern, but that's about it. Still very helpful.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    Couldn't we all just agree to unionize anyway?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    you can, but the point of union busting (as I understand it) is to make it harder to get support/members

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Burning down a toilet paper warehouse was always an option.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago*

    Unions became a thing in the USA after the fallout from the Battle of Blair Mountain.

    Sadly most West Virginians don't know their own history and are rabid boot lickers.

    My point is, before unions, if you had a problem with your boss, you would just shoot the boss. That was too much for the cappies, and they allowed unionism as a pressure release valve to avoid themselves getting shot. Now if people are unhappy they can hold signs in 100 degree weather and make noise. Much better than getting shot.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    No, we can't, that's literally what Union busting is - intentionally adding as much friction as possible to people agreeing on that very thing. Perhaps we would if we could but powerful forces work such that we can't, even if it could be argued we ought be allowed.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

    "In other news, it's getting hot in the Amazon. A spree of fires have struck Amazon warehouses and several managers disemboweled in their own homes. More at 11."

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    The only manager whose violent death would change Amazon, is Bezos.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    I mean, someone snaps, I'm not expecting a well thought out plan. Kill the people verbalizing the orders and obliterate the prison. Thats going to fit the description better for someone exhausted and pissed off. For every Luigi, there are 1000 Mark Orrin Bartons

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    Big companies have always used unionbusting activities. The reason why most transferrable fully automatic machine guns are owned by companies was because machine guns were used for union busting.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    "Attention residents: miscount detected in your block. Cooperation with your Civil Protection team permits full ration reward."

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    [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    i wish these companies would talk to me. i can make sure you workers never unionize. here are tge steps you need to take.

    1. pay them very well
    2. make sure they have awesome benefits
    3. treat them as human beings and include them in company discusions

    i promise if you follow these three things, they will not even think about unionizing. helm just doing the first two may be enough.

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