This mf can seriously go choke
Gonna go over this again.
Protest the working conditions, not what the boss makes.
Getting paid more does nothing for the working conditions where it’s so stressful someone attempts suicide. Or do you really think that kind of work suddenly gets better because bigger paycheck?
Also, I just want to point out, a lot of this is illegal as fuck. If these claims are true and not just butthurt little kids because “wha whaaa whaaa! I want more money!” Then they should file a report and get that shit handled. Posting on social media isn’t going to do shit.
You’re only half right, and clearly not abreast of the issue, m8.
While you’re correct that the working conditions are shit and illegal af (my m8 worked there in their Kent WA facility) and the way they purposefully stretch your hours and call you 30 mins before they want you there for random shifts that they will fire you if you don’t take. The piss bottle thing is legit. If he didn’t run across the warehouse and sort quickly enough he got screamed at and told he had to do manual unpaid overtime or he was shitcanned, and they would blacklist him for any other company he would apply to.
Any time he got a phone call from work while off shift he would end up in tears due to stress.
Reporting the conditions didn’t help.
The other problem is they are being paid the absolute lowest wage that is legal to pay them, and of those 60 hr weeks? Obit 40 hrs of it gets paid. Rest is mandatory unpaid ot.
Jeff Bezos makes billions. Please tell me why he can’t afford to pay his workers fair wages and to fix working conditions? Why he refuses Seattles $15 minimum and the yearly taxes? I know it’s bc he can get away with it currently, but that’s why ppl are upset. That’s why they’re bringing up his wage. Bc this issue is a 2 parter m8. Just sayin.
That’s the thing. All of this people can legit sue for. I’m taking you at face value here. I’m coming at this like you are telling me the gospel truth. Reports need to be filed. Lawsuits filed. Because this shit is ILLEGAL. But people would rather bitch on social media.
Get me?
Galaxy brain tumblr user: Why don’t the completely broke, ununionized factory workers just sue Amazon, the multi billion dollar multinational corporation?
They have to run every time they move, they don’t even get pee breaks, they work 60 hours a week, where the fuck are they going to get the time and energy to organize or file a lawsuit? Where are they going to get the money? You fucking moron.
Also lol @ “if it’s illegal just report it and it’ll get fixed”. Mate this is America, when was the last time that worked for anybody?
The Role of Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
You can complain to HR and report to state agencies all you want, but if your employment contract includes a mandatory arbitration clause, you’ve given up the right to sue the company as an individual claimant. “These clauses apply to all workplace cases, both studies note—including major issues like sexual assault and harassment, as well as racial discrimination and other civil rights claims.”
It’s estimated that about 60 million workers “are subject to mandatory arbitration agreements with their employers.” According to a 2015 report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) “the win rate for employees in arbitration against their company is significantly lower than the win rate in federal and state courts.”
In addition, “the employee’s chances of winning drops significantly as the number of employer appearances in front of the same arbitrator increases.”
And, not only that, but as of the Supreme Court’s ruling this May, workers can no longer band together and file a class action suit if their individual contracts include a mandatory arbitration clause. You can thank McConnell, Trump, and Gorsuch for that one.
Hearseeno 