Days away from BlackFriday, 100s of Amazon workers rising up!

[redqueen]

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Laffy Kat]

1. YAY! They have a warehouse here and we hear horror stories. nt

[OhNo-Really]

2. All the $$ Bezoz spends advertising how wonderful Amazon's sweaty jobs are

Could be better spent improving Amazons working conditions

[redqueen]

4. They won't though.

As Happy Hoosier says below - they'll just work harder toward automating all these jobs.

[Happy Hoosier]

3. I feel for these folks, but...

unfortunately, the crappy conditions are why Amazon wants to replace human warehouse workers with actual robots.

[redqueen]

5. No, it's not because of crappy conditions

it's because it's better for their bottom line to automate than to improve working conditions for humans.

[Happy Hoosier]

6. Well yes.... because robots...

... don’t care about crappy conditions. Ever been To a fully automated production line? It’s way hot or way cold and often they do not even have the lights on. Robots don’t care. Amazon is looking to reduce costs.

[redqueen]

7. True. Like every company everywhere.

Have you seen this?

[Happy Hoosier]

8. Have not!

But I familiar with Yang’s position on the subject. Thanks!

[redqueen]

9. He's only in for a few minutes.

This is another good one. No Yang at all in it that I recall.

[KPN]

11. The question is how much money is enough?

At what point do mega corporations have a duty to help ensure a healthy society? My opinion — they are already well beyond that point.

[Happy Hoosier]

12. Philosophically, I don't disagree with you.

But so far, the public seems to to reward the Amazon model. I admit I use Amazon a lot.... is very convenient. And the march of technology is not going to stop. It's a matter of time before those warehouses are automated.

But that's why we have government, right? We need a robust public safety net.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

10. Maybe my behavior makes no difference,

but I don't go to stores and I don't shop on line on the day after Thanksgiving.