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Jeff Bezos, Amazon refuting mail-in votes for unionization
Hyprocrite of the year award. Jeff Bezo who owns Amazon and The Washington Post liberal paper has one of his distribution centers voting to be unionized. Of course Bezo during the election was for mail in voting, his newspaper was for it and also refuted any fraud. Now that there is a vote he doesn't like, he wants them all to have to vote in person 'claiming that the mail-in voting process has "serious and systemic flaws." ' Oh really?
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Jeff Bezos — a strong Democratic supporter — and Amazon are aiming to postpone a unionization vote at one of its warehouses in Alabama, the Wall Street Journal reports. Interestingly, Amazon has requested that the National Labor Relations Board reconsider allowing mail-in voting, claiming that the mail-in voting process has "serious and systemic flaws."
Got that? Bezos and Amazon are doing all they can to prevent any shady activity when workers cast their ballots for unionization, and they are particularly concerned about the integrity of mail-in ballots.
You are likely trying to figure out how that adds up, right? The Washington Post, owned by Bezos, called any claims of mail-in voter fraud by Donald Trump and his supporters dangerous and inexcusable. Amazon even banned Parler from its servers, in part to ensure no one could claim voter fraud occurred from mail-in ballots back in November.
But stop trying to make it make sense. It is not supposed to add up.
In this case, mail-in voting is disadvantageous for Bezos and his e-commerce behemoth. Therefore, they now consider mail-in voting seriously flawed.
An Amazon spokesperson tells CNN the company is seeking a "valid, fair and successful election" and suggests that only in-person voting can ensure that. Hmm, interesting perspective.
Amazon has, thus far, fended off unions in the United States. If a majority of ballots vote in favor of unionization, hourly Amazon workers would send an L right up to Bezos' office.
Bamazonunion.com explains that a union at Amazon would "give us the right to collectively bargain over our working conditions including items such as safety standards, training, breaks, pay, benefits, and other important issues that would make our workplace better."
The NLRB says, "A mail ballot election will enfranchise employees who cannot enter the voting location for health reasons or due to positive COVID tests." Fearing an unfavorable outcome, however, Amazon now insists that current COVID outbreaks aren't dangerous enough to warrant this NLRB decision.
Amazon says that Lisa Henderson, NLRB's Acting Regional Director "reached the remarkable conclusion that any level of infection or potential infection among employees counts as an 'outbreak.'" Only 218 people employees, 2.88%, at its Bessemer facility tested positive during the 14-day period ending on January 7, which Amazon does not consider an "outbreak" apparently. This is quite the change of perspective. Imagine the coverage from the Washington Post if similar questions had been asked before November.
Mail-in voting has never been about the health of Americans or ensuring that each voice counts. As always, our country's most powerful figures in both Washington and Silicon Valley base their opinions solely on the outcomes that increase their own power, finances, and flexibility.
Hypocritical, but sadly, all too predictable.
Jeff Bezos, Amazon Refuting Mail-In Votes For Unionization – OutKick
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Well they might have just helped Parler's lawsuit.
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Poor Jeff, struggling hard to make ends meet with his net worth of 182 billion, can't tolerate the prospect of improving working conditions in his distribution warehouses. Sad!
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Originally Posted by
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Poor Jeff, struggling hard to make ends meet with his net worth of 182 billion, can't tolerate the prospect of improving working conditions in his distribution warehouses. Sad!
That definitely. But it's the hypocrisy of his stance. Apparently what's good for the goose isn't good for the gander.
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