gorps:

kaldicuct:

decentcunt:

kaldicuct:

gahdamnpunk:

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.

Source: gahdamnpunk

TWO WEIRD TIPS for aspiring henchmen to budding authoritarian regimes

pocochina:

Restructure the world’s largest economy with something you scribbled on the back of a napkin right before last call!

If you’ve been indicted for helping Russian intelligence run a propaganda campaign, make sure you run a draft by your Russian handlers before violating your bail arrangement by feeding the public even more disinformation!

The Senate GOP Accidentally Killed Some of Its Donors’ Favorite Tax Breaks

12/4/17 By Eric Levitz

Senate rules say the tax cuts can only add $1.5 trillion to the deficits over the next decade.
The Republicans had gotten rid of the corporate alternative minimum tax – which is the floor of tax rates corporations can pay after all of their deductions. (current standard tax rate is 35% – lowest they can go with deductions is 20%.
With McConnell’s deals made with individual senators to get the bill passed, the addition to the deficit added up to more than $1.5 trillion.
So he added the corporate alternative minimum tax back into the bill to offset the $ going into deals.
And forgot to reduce it. So the minimum tax a company can pay AFTER deductions is back to 20%, which is exactly the same as the new standard, starting corporate tax rate of, you guessed it, 20%.
Which means that corporations can’t use any of the fancy smancy deductions their lobbyists got inserted into the new tax cut plan, or any other tax plan, for that matter, if the bill passes without revision.

Next in “They just don’t know when to shut up, do they”:

PROSECUTORS: MANAFORT WROTE OP-ED WITH COLLEAGUE IN RUSSIA

12/4/17 By CHAD DAY and ERIC TUCKER

Paul Manafort attempts to publish an op-ed under a ghost writer “to influence public opinion about his political consulting in Ukraine, work at the heart of the criminal case against him. The op-ed was being drafted as late as last week, prosecutors say. They did not name the colleague but noted the person is based in Russia.” All in violation of the judge’s Nov 8th gag order.

“At the time [of seeking to get the op-ed published], Manafort was working to secure his release from home confinement by posting more than $10 million in bond, and according to court papers, he had reached a tentative agreement with the government. But after discovering the op-ed, Mueller’s team is now opposing Manafort’s proposed bond agreement.”

Why is Mitch McConnell still calling for a health-care vote? – The Washington Post

hearseeno:

“There are no longer any good outcomes for McConnell — politically speaking. There are bad ones and less bad ones. And putting the onus on other senators means there will be more blame to go around when all of it comes to an end.”

…

The effort to “repeal and immediately replace” Obamacare “will not be successful,” McConnell admitted. In its place in the coming days, he would call for a vote to open debate on the House-passed bill — unpopular among most senators — with the aim of amending that bill with the straight-up repeal bill that his more conservative members desire.

…

He was giving the conservatives the chance to vote on a straight-up repeal. But first they would have to record their vote for a House bill they loathe.

[with no guarantees that the amendments attached to the bill as a result of the open debate will be the ones they want – a repeal amendment that may not pass versus other possible amendments that could pass]

It’s all about shifting blame. If ultraconservatives vote “no” = no debate, McConnell can put the blame on their shoulders. If the ultraconservatives vote “yes” = start a debate on the House bill, they are potentially back in business if enough moderates vote “yes,” too. Either way, McConnell has given himself options for finger-pointing and lessening the effect of his failure on his power.

Why is Mitch McConnell still calling for a health-care vote? – The Washington Post

“There are no longer any good outcomes for McConnell — politically speaking. There are bad ones and less bad ones. And putting the onus on other senators means there will be more blame to go around when all of it comes to an end.”

…

The effort to “repeal and immediately replace” Obamacare “will not be successful,” McConnell admitted. In its place in the coming days, he would call for a vote to open debate on the House-passed bill — unpopular among most senators — with the aim of amending that bill with the straight-up repeal bill that his more conservative members desire.

…

He was giving the conservatives the chance to vote on a straight-up repeal. But first they would have to record their vote for a House bill they loathe.

[with no guarantees that the amendments attached to the bill as a result of the open debate will be the ones they want – a repeal amendment that may not pass versus other possible amendments that could pass]

It’s all about shifting blame. If ultraconservatives vote “no” = no debate, McConnell can put the blame on their shoulders. If the ultraconservatives vote “yes” = start a debate on the House bill, they are potentially back in business if enough moderates vote “yes,” too. Either way, McConnell has given himself options for finger-pointing and lessening the effect of his failure on his power.

Why is Mitch McConnell still calling for a health-care vote? – The Washington Post

McConnell Covered Up CIA Reports That Russian Hacks Were Aimed At Electing Trump

from Washington Post 12/9/16:

in mid-September:

Obama dispatched Monaco, FBI Director James B. Comey and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to make the pitch for a “show of solidarity and bipartisan unity” against Russian interference in the election, according to a senior administration official.

…

In a secure room in the Capitol used for briefings involving classified information, administration officials broadly laid out the evidence U.S. spy agencies had collected, showing Russia’s role in cyber-intrusions in at least two states and in hacking the emails of the Democratic organizations and individuals.

And they made a case for a united, bipartisan front in response to what one official described as “the threat posed by unprecedented meddling by a foreign power in our election process.”

The Democratic leaders in the room unanimously agreed on the need to take the threat seriously. Republicans, however, were divided, with at least two GOP lawmakers reluctant to accede to the White House requests.

According to several officials, McConnell raised doubts about the underlying intelligence and made clear to the administration that he would consider any effort by the White House to challenge the Russians publicly an act of partisan politics.

Some of the Republicans in the briefing also seemed opposed to the idea of going public with such explosive allegations in the final stages of an election, a move that they argued would only rattle public confidence and play into Moscow’s hands.

McConnell’s office did not respond to a request for comment. After the election, Trump chose McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, as his nominee for transportation secretary.

McConnell Covered Up CIA Reports That Russian Hacks Were Aimed At Electing Trump