And minimum wage affects everyone. So these politicos and others even here should probably do a bit more to help workers get the Amazon minimum before trashing Amazon?
The “egregious” conduct is a USPS mailbox? Kind of pathetic
It’s this weird world where Amazon is described as a hell hole and the three layer deep cleaning contractor workforce paying actual min wage and plenty of other crap jobs get a pass
There is extremely good documentation on Amazon low-end workforce abusive practices. Not being able to take bathroom breaks as a driver or warehouse worker because the quota is set too high is a problem. Just having slightly higher than federal minimum wage does not solve those problems.
Working at amazon fulfillment centers IS a bit of a hell hole. The contractor workforces are also hellholes. Poverty in the US is a hell hole. Amazon should not be defended, they should be forced to treat workers with human dignity and respect, because clearly they nor their three layer deep cleaning contractor workforce peers will do it otherwise.
Also tangentially related: https://stayathomemacro.substack.com/p/racism-skews-our-beli...
[0] "In the long-run, however, employers have far more flexibility. They can replace labor with capital. They can replace low-skilled workers with higher-skilled workers." - https://www.econlib.org/archives/2017/07/minimally_convi.htm... (note, Caplan is a libertarian)