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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"AI, how do I start a union when Amazon is using these tactics?"
Couldn't we all just agree to unionize anyway?
you can, but the point of union busting (as I understand it) is to make it harder to get support/members
Burning down a toilet paper warehouse was always an option.
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.
They're trying to use this to identify those most likely to organize/join first so they can fire them before they do. That's the whole point, stopping it before they can even start
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.
"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."
The only manager whose violent death would change Amazon, is Bezos.
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
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.
"Attention residents: miscount detected in your block. Cooperation with your Civil Protection team permits full ration reward."
i wish these companies would talk to me. i can make sure you workers never unionize. here are tge steps you need to take.
- pay them very well
- make sure they have awesome benefits
- 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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