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Comment by 0110101001 | Hacker News Reader

> Myers’ recommendation centers on the mailbox, according to one of the people familiar with it. During the NLRB hearing, an employee said Amazon security guards used keys to open the mailbox, testimony that former NLRB chair Wilma Liebman said could be reason enough to overturn the result.

From previous reporting about this testimony:

> Jackson, who was testifying via Zoom after just getting out of the hospital, said that he was leaving work one morning when he saw security guards approach the mailbox. He proceeded to watch them open a large box at the bottom of the mailbox labeled “1P.” While it was dark at the time, Jackson said his headlights illuminated the area, so he was able to clearly see what they were doing.

Anyone who's lived in an apartment building would know this was a box for incoming mail, but I wouldn't be surprised if single family housing was the norm around the warehouse.

So these security guards would just happily proceed with a highly illegal activity when some random dude gets in his car and shines his headlights on them?

It was an incoming mailbox, which the NLRB advised they not install during the vote.

If you wanted to spook people into not voting or make them regret it later, how would you do it?

I'd make them feel like the only safe thing to do was not to vote. I'd put up more security cameras pointed towards the voting areas, put up fake boxes then make it look like the bosses had access to the votes, and let them psych each other out so they never went anywhere near it. I might also pass out some small bonuses, hold off on some layoffs, and remind them what good money $15/hr is when $19k/yr is typical for the area.

And none of that is really even playing dirty, like getting managers to pay people to drum up the fear and anti-union sentiment.

It was outside in front of the warehouse, I think it was one of the blue mail boxes that you drop letters off in to send them. They put the mail box up so that it would be easier for employees to mail in ballots on the way to work (this is all iirc from the articles when they put up the mail boxes at back when, but almost positive I read this).

IIRC they were told by the NLRB not to put in that mailbox (to not create an environment of intimidation) and they did anyway.

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