Apple, Amazon, and Google have turned to old union-busting tactics, like surveilling workers suspected of organizing, posting propaganda, and hiring consultants
Tech companies are facing increasing momentum from workers trying to organize — At a Staten Island warehouse set to start …
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@moreperfectus
@moreperfectus
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EXCLUSIVE: In a leaked video call, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz begged managers to increase their union busting. The billionaire CEO blasted unionizing, hourly employees as “so-called workers” and “some outside force that's going to dictate or disrupt who we are and what we do.” …
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@erikloomis
Erik Loomis
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Of course Amazon hired the Pinkertons https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@ceodonovan
Caroline O'Donovan
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Friday scooplet from me! Independent labor group Amazonians United is alleging that Amazon wrongfully fired four workers at a Long Island City delivery station where a walkout to demand a pay increase was held last month https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
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@josheidelson
Josh Eidelson
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“We had one guy who said ‘If the union comes in you will go on strike, if you go on strike Amazon will replace you’” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @nitashatiku @ReedAlbergotti @GregJaffe @rachelerman
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@juliacarmel__
Julia Salazar
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The labor of baristas (and agricultural workers) has generated all of this man's wealth https://twitter.com/...
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@juliacarmel__
Julia Salazar
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Fun fact: I used to be one of the workers whose labor created his wealth. I wore that green apron for four years and Howard Schultz was CEO of @Starbucks for nearly that entire time. I remember in 2008 how fearful we were that he would close our store or fire all of us. I was 17.…
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@maymalik
May Malik
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Same 👋🏽 I was a @Starbucks “partner” in college. In my experience, the work was absolutely thankless but you stayed because of your coworkers. https://twitter.com/...
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@fwd
@fwd
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In charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board, the workers say Amazon illegally terminated them for protesting job conditions. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
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@buzzfeednews
@buzzfeednews
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Amazonians United is alleging that Amazon illegally fired four workers who “supported a labor organization” at a delivery station in Queens, according to charges filed with the NLRB. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
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@creative_rants
@creative_rants
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As U.S. Apple Stores begin to work on unionizing, just know Tim and His teams are having the exact same conversations as they all pull from the same union busting playbook. https://twitter.com/...
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@ashleygjovik
@ashleygjovik
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@Creative_Rants Remember back in 2011, in response to @AppleWorkers & Munich employees trying to start unions, Apple starting holding “union awareness” meetings that were super legal & ethical but were held offsite & in secret for surely super normal, not illegal reasons. https:/…
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@heynottheface
John S. Nash
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Amazon “hired Pinkerton, the private security agency used to infiltrate unions since the late 1800s, to stop Whole Foods workers in 2020” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...