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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 4 days ago

Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post Is Obsessed With Union-Bashing

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Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post Is Obsessed With Union-Bashing

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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 4 days ago
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The paper seems to argue unerringly in favor of the boss’s financial interests, despite the fact that labor is enjoying sky-high popularity.
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    I often wonder if a wealthy individual (or several) encouraged the mob to infiltrate unions in the last century in order to destabilize them.

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      That’s always been a thing since the time of the Pinkertons and hasn’t changed.

      Rockstar games was reported to have had a mole within the Glasgow software union they busted up by firing all of the workers. That jackass did it for extra time off apparently.

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        The Pinkertons are still around!!

        https://www.pinkerton.com/our-story

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        That jackass did it for extra time off apparently.

        He… didn’t think that maybe the union could help him get that…?

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        Ironically, the very same Rockstar Games that was sued by the Pinkertons for portraying them as the bad guys and won because, let’s face it, the Pinkertons were the bad guys.

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      They don’t even need to hire infiltrators. All they need is a few lawyers and some politicians in their pockets.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_union_busting_in_the_United_States

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        Yeah but doing that doesn’t kill the reputation of the unions in the eyes of the workers.

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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

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  • All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
  • Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
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