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Lawsuit: Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks and chairs (arstechnica.com)

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[–] leg@leminal.space 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What's with America and refusing its workers basic comfort while they work? Does it really not know how to decouple slavery from paid labor?

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

we literally fought several wars over it and pro-slavery side is still in control.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 4 points 1 week ago

Lol....no

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The labor is what makes the ruling class money but the slavery is what makes them horny

[–] TiredTiger@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

“Amazon deducted their limited bank of unpaid time off. Soon enough, they had depleted that limited bank of ‘unpaid time off,’ and Amazon threatened to terminate them.”

I've never heard of an employer having a bank of unpaid leave. I'm not surprised because it's Amazon, but geez.

[–] Newhere@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

After this people will anyway will be using Amazon services...

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

that's what capture is and getting ourselves out of it is going to hurt.