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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.

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[-] _finger_@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Then it should be even easier to unionize

[-] irotsoma@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year 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 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 11 points 1 year 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 8 points 1 year 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 3 points 1 year 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

[-] nsfw_alt_2023@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 1 year ago

National Taxi Workers' Alliance says hello

Counter their bullshit with your own. "We're not a union, we're a guild."

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