Amazon Says It Doesn’t ‘Employ’ Drivers, But Records Show It Hired Firms to Prevent Them From Unionizing::Amazon spent $14.2 million total on anti-union consulting in 2022, filings with the Department of Labor show.

    • irotsoma
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      272 years ago

      Can’t unionize a workplace when you’re the owner and only employee. That’s how the law treats “independent contractors”.

      • @Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de
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        2 years ago

        I kinda don’t like how unions are a regulated legal thing… Why are they not just a a private club, where people collectively agree to not take shit conditions anymore? Why can’t all independent contractors go on strike tomorrow?

        • @quicksand@lemm.ee
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          112 years ago

          I agree. I don’t want to take power from the existing unions, but they should be able to exist in some less official capacity as well. 1st amendment says freedom of association, right?

          • @fluxion@lemmy.world
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            82 years ago

            That’s what they are trying to do, and why Amazon is paying multiple firms to fuck with them over it.

          • @LukeMedia@lemmy.world
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            32 years ago

            Unions are part of a free labor market, and any attempt to bust them is an attempt to prevent a free economy. Funny how corporations have convinced so many that’s it’s a bad thing