Current Events > Amazon workers fight back; will go on strike Black Friday.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/qyqbjr/amazon_employees_in_20_countries_will_strike_on/.

Ok but everyones Black Friday orders are probably filled on Thursday

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Good

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All this means is that some people orders will probably be delayed by a day?

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Why are you linking to Reddit instead of the actual news source?

That thread is full of dumb fucks.

There's a dude trying to say that 39.75hrs a week isn't full time and they're trying to lock you out of benefits. Other folks saying these places that are in desperate need of employees will drop you the day before your probation period ends.

Bitch about shitty working conditions, mandatory overtime and terrible wages all day. Get that dumb fuck propaganda stuff out of there though. A large portion of these idiots don't even understand what they're striking for.

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Jiek_Fafn posted...

That thread is full of dumb fucks.

There's a dude trying to say that 39.75hrs a week isn't full time and they're trying to lock you out of benefits. Other folks saying these places that are in desperate need of employees will drop you the day before your probation period ends.

Bitch about shitty working conditions, mandatory overtime and terrible wages all day. Get that dumb fuck propaganda stuff out of there though. A large portion of these idiots don't even understand what they're striking for.

All that matters is that they are striking.

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Wait till you visit /r/antiwork

Pretty much all the same deals will be ran at other stores or price matching will occur. They need to strike though.

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So long as the prices are still cheap I don't mind waiting an extra day

_HayleyWilliams posted...

All that matters is that they are striking.

Overall yes.
But those dumb fucks in that thread are going to be the same idiots ranting about unions stealing their money soon enough because they're "not doing anything".

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dolomedes posted...

you're saying this isn't a problem?

i worked for a union grocery store for a while. according to the union contract, any part-time worker who works full-time hours for six consecutive weeks must be given full-time status (and benefits). so you'd have a cashier work 48 hour weeks for five weeks, and suddenly get scheduled 38 hours...

Full time status for most places starts at like 32 hours

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Far as I can tell the USA isn't one of the 20 countries in this charade
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Haven't they tried this before? Or was that on Prime Day?

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Good.

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voldothegr8 posted...

Far as I can tell the USA isn't one of the 20 countries in this charade

Damn. That's a shame. Amazon will never come to heel or collapse if American workers don't fight them.

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dolomedes posted...

huh, nice. i've worked a lot of 50 hour workweeks for a part-timer lol

There's no federal guidelines but it's generally 30+/wk or 130/month on average. If you were union then yours really needed to step up. Every factory/warehouse job I've been in has been 32.

I just looked up Amazon though. Theirs starts at 36/week.

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I would think striking the Monday after would probably be more harmful. I don't think Amazon does the bulk of its holiday shipping until after the holiday itself. That's the day the stuff needs to be picked and packed.

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Solid Sonic posted...

I would think striking the Monday after would probably be more harmful. I don't think Amazon does the bulk of its holiday shipping until after the holiday itself. That's the day the stuff needs to be picked and packed.

I worked many years at UPS and FedEx. It's counter intuitive but black Friday itself is crazy for shipping stuff once you hit afternoon or later shifts. The following week is heavy but more evened out. Striking Friday ruins scheduling for the entire following week.

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Shop local, make the little shops squirm and perish under the pressure.

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Kinda weird to do it this year since Black Friday is just all of November now. Probably into December too.

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Unsugarized_Foo posted...

Shop local, make the little shops squirm and perish under the pressure.

As they say on Shark Tank, it's a good problem to have.

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Good, I hope they do. Working a union job has been my best job so far, and I hope Amazon eventually gets unionized. My company still posts record profits every year and I think has one of the highest employment rates in the country, Amazon will still rake in billions and billions even if they cry about having to treat their employees better.