'Biggest Ever Global Strike Against Amazon' Kicks Off on Black Friday
'Biggest Ever Global Strike Against Amazon' Kicks Off on Black Friday
"This day of action grows every year because the movement to hold Amazon accountable keeps getting bigger and stronger," said the head of UNI Global Union.
This is the first I've heard about it
31Can we say we participated?
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Oh that'll bring Amazon to it's knees. (Rolls eyes). I'm sure that Jess Bezos is off crying into his piles of million dollar bills over this whole situation. I don't dispute that the wages and working conditions at Amazon are probably unfair and terrible - I used to work in a medical warehouse and it was not very pleasant. But - I still got a paycheck and health insurance and was able to afford the necessities of life. Never felt a need to kick my employer in the teeth or demand pay equal to the CEO of the company. Because I know full well that is not going to happen and that's the nature of our capitalistic society, some people will always have a greater slice of the pie. Meanwhile I ain't complainin, I got mine.
-147Wow, never thought I'd see someone literally say "fuck you, got mine".
111It's a line from the comic "Hagar the Horrible," what are life's best 3 little words? "I got mine." Words to live by. I'm not saying you shouldn't kick against the system once in a while, just to rock the boat a little, but that people should be more grateful for what they do have. I've been to poverty-laden islands where people live in old cardboard boxes with a mattress and six kids. As a rule.
You just don't realize how good we have it here, even if it means we have to work hard sometimes and get up early and spend five days a work working for someone else. That's an opportunity millions of other humans can only dream of having.
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Sounds like you're about as fun to hang out with as poking yourself in the eye repeatedly.
29You definetly take the cake for worst take I've seen on Lemmy so far. 🍰🤴🎉
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So far!10
There's a big difference between a bigger slice of the pie and taking all of the pies and making everybody share the crumbs. It's an incomprehensible wealth disparity.
25If you think unions are "kicking their employers in the teeth demanding pay equal to the CEO," I can see why you think the way you do. Trouble is, you're fucking wrong
18^ Don't feed the trolls. It only makes them stronger.
15Yeah that one comes up with some doozies.
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I think you and I and everyone should try to do something nice for our employers like giving them back our sick days and maybe taking a 40% pay cut. That way we can be sure we are doing our part so the owners and investors can get richer faster. And it'll feel good too.
10Lord.
7Yes, you called?
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lol.
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