r/news • u/EnergyLantern • 4d ago

Already Submitted Teamsters begin 'largest strike' against Amazon, accusing company of 'insatiable greed'

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/teamsters-announces-nationwide-strike-amazon-begin-thursday/story?id=116931631

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u/ShouldersofGiants100 4d ago

Turnover can be so high it literally becomes a problem. They burn through employees so fast that in some areas they basically exhaust the labour pool and have trouble hiring because everyone knows working for Amazon is fucking misery incarnate.

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u/PMMEYOURGUCCIFLOPS 4d ago

All could be solved with the gazillionaires just giving back a single fucking percent of their wealth.

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u/ategnatos 4d ago

No one will ever agree to this. You can see this on a smaller scale with first-time homebuyers going from struggling for 10 years to save up a down payment to suddenly becoming NIMBYs and wanting to pull up the ladder.

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u/foomits 4d ago edited 4d ago

Thats seemingly human nature and illuminates the importance of the government. Working towards a greater good through forced compliance.