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Union Busting Tactics: Amazon's Inhumane Attempt to Flood Out Striking Workers in Freezing Weather. Teamsters Local 804 Stand Strong Against Corporate Cruelty
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u/Ronburgunndy 5d ago
Causing a flood of the street, that canāt be legal
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u/Ben-A-Flick 5d ago
Corporations are only people or entities when they give money. Everything else is not an issue.
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u/Jaggs0 North America š 5d ago
that is not true. they are an entity when a punishment needs to be given and a person when rewards are given.
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u/Snoborder95 5d ago
The fine afterwards when they claimed they fixed the"broken"pipe is much smaller then actually paying a union workforce
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u/Attorneyatlau 5d ago
I mean, it balances out. If thereās too much water we need a little fire to even it all out, no?
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u/Sea-Cupcake-2065 5d ago
Some bootlicker was telling me that the police were only arresting people at the NY strike because "they were blocking traffic"
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u/StockQuahog 5d ago
Probably not a public street. Seems dumb though. Canāt be good for the property in general
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u/PastaRunner 5d ago
I'm wondering if there is at least something else they claim this is for?
Why would they have the capacity to do this if there isn't some industrial benefit? Is this how they do a mass clean of the floors or something?
Genuine questions not trolling
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u/Ok_Pirate_2714 5d ago
It is a fire pump test, more than likely. We have to do them weekly.
You can actually see that the door is labeled "Booster Pump Room".
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u/KoalaGrunt0311 4d ago
Same reason city fire hydrants are flushed. That water sitting in the sprinkler lines gets stagnant and should be cycled with new water. When sprinklers get set off, that water is rancid.
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u/bongoissomewhatnifty 5d ago edited 5d ago
Bahahahaha
Monopolies run by the oligarchs can do whatever they want. And this isnāt new. Coco cola was straight up murdering pro democracy South Americans because they would be bad for business for wanting things like workers rights 50 years ago, and things havenāt improved.
Hell check out the ludlow massacre. We got the 8 hour workday and child labor laws out of it.
And now the pendulum is swinging in the other direction as Arkansas and other southern states roll back child labor laws and overtime pay laws get struck down in the Supreme Court.
Amazon could execute every third striker in broad daylight with some drones if they wanted to, claim it was some bad AI testing, and get away with a slap on the wrist that would in no way effect a single quarters profits.
At this point, the only people who are looking at America clear eyed and willing to do something to be the change they want to see in the world are the Luigiās.
The rest of us are just pissing into the wind with our complaining.
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u/therealBlackbonsai 5d ago
imagine how fast the popos would be there if the strikers did the lilest damage to the building.
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u/Electrical-Spirit-63 5d ago
Pretty sure draining the fire suppression system for any length of time would be illegal by the fire marshal as well if anyone occupied the building.
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u/bigtrucksowhat 5d ago
It's pretty obvious timing but you actually flush them regularly to get the old, stagnant water out of the system and water going out if replaced by the water going in, so it's not like they're draining the system.
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u/Electrical-Spirit-63 4d ago
When I worked fire sprinklers some of those systems were not drained for years. That rotton egg smell they would say is the smell of money lol
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u/Junior-Profession726 5d ago
Damn these people go low We are now back in the era of union busting where they would hire the mafia to take out protestors
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u/BigWooly1013 5d ago
You spelled police wrong.
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u/SantaMonsanto 5d ago
Police originated to catch runaway slaves
The Pinkertons (modern day Securitas) were created to break striking unions.
Itās a very small but still very important difference.
āItās a big club and you aināt in it!ā
George Carlin
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u/SmellsLikeFumes 5d ago
Actually teamsters got it's start by being mafia ran.
I'm not just making this shit up, I encourage you to do your own research. Both sides of the table have blood on their hands.
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u/AdoreAbyssil 5d ago
What a waste of water. And in freezing temps? So.. a danger when it freezes? š¤ Who's smart idea was this, lol.
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u/poopshipdestroyer 5d ago
Really tho, they can say they were just testing the pipes but it didnāt have to be done right then
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u/skilliau Oceania š 5d ago edited 5d ago
I'm sure Amazon is breaching the Geneva convention with some of their practices in that prisoners of war get better treatment than their employees.
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u/Legosheep 5d ago
Unfortunately, Amazon never signed the Geneva convention.
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u/poopshipdestroyer 5d ago
Oh so they wouldnāt be held to provide the same standard of treatment as the rest of the world? /s
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u/Girafferage 5d ago
Sarcasm, but the police regularly use tear gas which isn't allowed to be used in war. so, ya know. Its a spicy time.
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u/Cortexian0 5d ago
The Geneva conventions ban the use of gas weapons in war and have absolutely zero relevance to police (the government) using gas on their own citizens.
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u/Girafferage 5d ago
It's relevant because it's somehow not ok to do in war, but is ok to do on your own civilians. I think you missed the overarching point of the topic.
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u/MoeSizlak21 4d ago
The ban of tear gas in the Geneva conventions isnāt necessarily because itās not OK in war, itās because there is a blanket ban on all chemical weapons of whatever severity. They didnāt specifically ban tear gas as ātoo badā to use in war.
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u/Girafferage 4d ago
My point still stands that it's something you cannot use in war, but is used on civilians.
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u/Sir_Wheat_Thins 3d ago
well, but thatās completely missing the point lol, your statement is not objectively incorrect but isnāt an effective argumentative statement in this context. itās not that the consensus is that tear gas is abhorrent and soldiers shouldnāt be subjected to it. thatās like arguing ārace car drivers are horrible people for driving extremely quickly - something their own government outlaws its citizens to do on roadsā
itās disallowed in the theater of war because if your troops get hit with a cloud of chemical agent thereās no way of knowing if itās something innocuous like tear gas, or a horrendous chemical agent that causes terrible injuries. under wartime circumstances, thereās no way of knowing what you just got hit with, what itās doing to your men, and what long term effects may be hidden in it that arenāt immediately visible, all things that would incentivize you to deploy a legitimate chem weapon in response to something like aerosolized pepper spray which of course is a massive escalation and a recipe for further conflict (and further chemical usage). just because thereās an agreement for a certain subset of individuals to not use a thing, it doesnāt make the usage of that thing for everyone else an offense
(i do not condone the usage of chemical agents by police departments on its citizens)
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u/Girafferage 3d ago
But where does wheat thins stand on the battle against Lyme disease?
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u/Organic_South8865 5d ago
Yeah. That will definitely make them just give up. It's also a great way to sway public opinion.
Who seriously thought that was a good idea? It's like mid-80s random drifter goes town to town helping people 7pm on channel 5 TV show evil.
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u/WasabiForDinner 5d ago
Yeah, I'd stopped thinking about the strike. Good thing this brought it back into my headlines, complete with added sympathy for the workers. Good job, Amazon PR!
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u/wetassloser 5d ago
and it is freezing today in nyc. snowed all morning and last night. i put a dog bowl of water out at my job and it froze over in just 2 hours
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u/1450Games 5d ago
Fucking wasting water, paying shit and overworking employees. 10 out of 10 company. š¤¦āāļø
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u/ApprehensiveMix2649 5d ago
There you go, keep buying from Amazon. It doesn't get any better.
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u/MrPrissypants13 4d ago
Exactly! I got rid of my Amazon membership because of how they treat employees. The only thing these companies understand is money. Donāt complain about a company and then go right around and continue to use them or youāre part of the problem. Once enough people start using other options, they will be forced to change their ways or fold.
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u/artic-step 5d ago
They are just watering the sidewalk
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u/Kona_Big_Wave 5d ago edited 5d ago
And right into the gutter. What an incredible waste of water.
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u/MaddercatterE 5d ago
Water, energy, nonrenewable resources; trickle down economics actually refers to ecological damage apparently
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u/HairlessHoudini 5d ago
"we were having trouble with the fire sprinkler system and had to drain it in that section of the building to replace a couple pipes, it didn't have anything to do with the strikers"
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u/MalwareExe0001 5d ago edited 5d ago
So the cops and metal barricades wasnāt enough, now theyāre resorting to illegal anti protest tactics in front of cops? That only tells you the protest is being heard and amazon is getting desperate.
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u/Assonfire 5d ago
That only tells you the protest is being heard and amazon is getting desperate.
I hope you're right, but experience has taught me otherwise.
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u/Vanbulance_Man 5d ago
Looks more like the drain from the fire suppression system. Hope they donāt need their sprinklers anytime soon.
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u/Massimo25ore 5d ago
Gotta work, slaves! You've been brainwashed to work, work, work for our wealthy. What's this strike? It's not in the protocol, it's against the system. Go back to work!
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u/zweigravel 5d ago
Doing this just shows they are desperate and gives the people the drive to outlast them.
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u/RipleY1138 5d ago
Is this a footage of a union bust from the 1910s? Pretty sure our government should be protecting them while they legally strike at the least local police should be there in some form to address this.
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u/randomcomments31995 4d ago
Water is an incredibly valuable resource. Great to see Amazon wasting treated water tax payers (not Amazon) paid forā¦
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u/Snoo-72756 4d ago
Spends 600$ million getting married ,but still has time to make sure you donāt get a penny more
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u/Signal_Appeal4518 5d ago
How are they causing a flood. Is that not just rain?
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u/olivethesane 4d ago
Are you serious?
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u/Signal_Appeal4518 4d ago
Yeah I see it now. I thought it was the storm drain. Iām downvoting my own comment lol
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u/Indentured-peasant 5d ago
Nonsense. Probably the strikers opened the Fire Dept connection. No Corporation would do that and risk the backlash
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u/Innomen 5d ago
I'd give a shit if they would strike for something more than pay and perks. We're doing a fucking genocide.
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u/ScottieSpliffin 5d ago
Why would this group of workers strike for anything beyond their material benefit?
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u/Comsic_Bliss 5d ago
What an odd take. People still need to advocate for themselves to improve their own situation even when there are awful things going on elsewhere. Or do you think that everyone everywhere should Only care about what you care about?
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u/Blackrain1299 5d ago
Clearly we all need to suffer ourselves while advocating for others. /s
How are we supposed to have the strength to fight over seas when our own families are facing homelessness? Why should i worry about starvation over seas when parents on our own soil forego meals to feed their children what little they can?
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