Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/05/03/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-broke-federal-law-with-anti-union-statements.html
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Any chance of locking him up for a couple of days?
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Or fining him $9,000?
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That’ll teach him!
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Employers shouldn’t be allowed to join industry groups or the chambers of commerce. It changes the relationship with employees.
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Stating the obvious - but if anyone deserves the protections of unions it’s the Amazon drivers, distribution center employees etc. Lots of stories there.
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Stop, or I’ll say stop again!
Meanwhile people trying to unionize lose their jobs, homes etc.
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Man, I love it when people in positions of power are held accountable for their actions.
“The judge recommends Amazon be ordered to “cease and desist” from making such comments in the future, and that the company be required to post and distribute a notice about the order to employees nationwide.”
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This is the total absurdity of these laws - company breaks the law, there’s an investigation, it goes to court and the company is found guilty, and the only consequence is they’re told not to do it again. And if they do it again, the exact same thing happens. Over and over. (And Amazon has the gall to object to the ruling and is promising to appeal…) Why shouldn’t companies routinely violate the law? A fine wouldn’t stop them in this circumstance, and there’s not even a fine.
“But I’ll only say it after the appropriate legal process has run its course!”
Not to mention get smeared, blacklisted, beat up, even killed…
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Seems like Amazon & Starbucks are the two worst offenders in his matter. I think a little bit more of a warning would have made a lot of people (employees) a lot less scared.
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Methinks Andy should change his name to Hugh.
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In 2023, 16.2 million workers were represented by a union—an increase of 191,000. At the same time, the percentage of workers represented by a union decreased from 11.3% to 11.2%, as unionization efforts were unable to keep pace with 2023’s strong job growth.
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Maybe resurgent in another sense, the number of strikes they’ve propelled?
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show that 458,900 workers were involved in “major work stoppages” in 2023. The number of workers involved in major work stoppages increased by 280% in 2023, returning to levels last seen prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. These strikes included workers across the country—from auto workers to Hollywood writers and actors, nurses, and public school teachers.
A common theme among strikes in 2023 was a demand for higher pay amid the inflationary shocks stemming from pandemic re-opening, global crises, record profits for many corporations, and stratospheric CEO pay. Related motivations for striking included decades of stagnant wages, eroded health care and retirement benefits, long work hours, and unsafe working conditions (Bivens et al. 2023; Dickler 2023).
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