It's time for the whole Seattle-down-to-Silcon Valley crowd to get unionized, hard.
From CNET:
A federal agency says complaints about the company's mandatory anti-union meetings have merit.
Amazon recently fired workers and managers at a Staten Island warehouse that voted to unionize -- dismissals that come as a labor regulator found merit in allegations the e-commerce giant's anti-union tactics broke the law.
Tristan Dutchin was told he was fired for missing productivity targets, as reported earlier by Motherboard. Mat Cusick was told he was dismissed for "job abandonment" when he was on leave to care for a loved one with COVID-19. Both workers organized on behalf of the Amazon Labor Union, which won an April vote to represent workers, and say they fear retaliation was a factor in their firings.
Separately, six senior managers at the same warehouse lost their jobs, according to The New York Times. The firings reportedly came outside the normal employee evaluation cycle during an internal review that followed the union's victory. Amazon confirmed a change in management as well as the firings of Dutchin and Cusick, which it said were based on their work and not on their support of any cause.
The spate of firings comes as an official at the National Labor Relations Board, which oversees union elections, found merit in allegations that Amazon may have violated the law during required anti-union meetings by implying workers would lose benefits or their jobs if they voted for the union....
....MUCH MORE
We've been making this pitch for a while:
Dec. 4, 2013
Dear Teamsters, United Auto Workers: Google Is Trying To Crush Your Unions and Your Members (GOOG)
Dec. 10, 2014
What Uber Hath Wrought: The Coming Digital Labor Movement
The very last thing the poobahs of Sand Hill Road want to see. They overwhelmingly prefer NO unions....
Tesla employee calls for unionization, Musk says that’s “morally outrageous”
March 9, 2015
"Could Automation Be Labor Unions' Death Knell?"
"Jeff Bezos Screws Over Workers At Amazon. Now He Wants To Do The Same At The Washington Post."
The headline is the HuffPo's, which is sort of ironic if you know the history of the HuffPo....
