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Amazon workers planning to strike starting Black Friday
« on: November 26, 2024, 10:00:52 AM »
Over the right to unionize

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Amazon workers in more than 20 countries including the U.S. plan to strike and hold protests between Black Friday, November 29, and Cyber Monday, which falls on December 2, according to the activists organizing the labor action.

The protests, organized by UNI Global Union, a Switzerland-based labor group, and grassroots political organization Progressive International, will take place in cities in the U.S., Brazil, Germany, Japan and the U.K., the groups said in a statement. Thousands of workers in Germany will strike in cities including Koblenz and Leipzig.

Amazon workers in more than 20 countries plan Black Friday strikes and protests
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-strike-protests-workers-november-29-december-2/
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Re: Amazon workers planning to strike starting Black Friday
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2024, 10:06:56 AM »
OH THE NOES! YOU MEAN MY CHEAP CHINESE *expletive deleted*it MIGHT BE DELAYED BY A DAY OR TWO?
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Re: Amazon workers planning to strike starting Black Friday
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2024, 02:48:16 PM »
Quote from: K Frame on November 26, 2024, 10:06:56 AM
OH THE NOES! YOU MEAN MY CHEAP CHINESE *expletive deleted*it MIGHT BE DELAYED BY A DAY OR TWO?

My cheap Chinese crap is already being delayed several days beyond Prime 2 day delivery by Amazon or the USPS.  Not sure who is to blame.  Doubt this strike will make things much worse.
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Re: Amazon workers planning to strike starting Black Friday
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2024, 08:05:04 PM »
Don't let the door hit you in the ass if they fire you for striking. I could care less. 2 day has not been 2 day in almost 5 years.

Being broke helps me order nothing from them.
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Re: Amazon workers planning to strike starting Black Friday
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2024, 08:18:37 PM »
Well something may be already going on. Ordered a new flag and it shows delayed in shipping 3 times. Never seen that before.
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Re: Amazon workers planning to strike starting Black Friday
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2024, 12:18:52 PM »
Well the above finally showed up but now got another one doing the same.
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Re: Amazon workers planning to strike starting Black Friday
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2024, 12:21:07 PM »
I ordered a new, hopefully better, seat sling for my car for Seren.

It's supposed to be here tomorrow.

I'm going to be REALLY pissed if it's not.
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Re: Amazon workers planning to strike starting Black Friday
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2024, 07:13:24 PM »
*expletive deleted*ing HELL!

I checked on the status of Seren's seat sling and...

A PROBLEM OCCURRED!

Your item was damaged in shipping and is being returned.

It appears that it was damaged during transit from one Amazon facility in Pennsylvania to a facility in DC metro.

Absolute *expletive deleted*ing hell.

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Why is it the more you need something the exponentially higher the chance is that it will be damaged, lost, misdelivered, or stolen?
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Re: Amazon workers planning to strike starting Black Friday
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2024, 10:35:35 AM »
Well mine finally got moving again.

How the heck do you break a seat sling in shipping?
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Re: Amazon workers planning to strike starting Black Friday
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2024, 10:54:51 AM »
I wish I knew.
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Re: Amazon workers planning to strike starting Black Friday
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2024, 11:27:36 PM »
And now

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In a move that the Teamsters union called the largest strike against the e-commerce giant less than a week before Christmas, workers launched a strike impacting seven warehouses including one in New York City, one in Atlanta, three in Southern California, one in San Francisco and one in Skokie, Ill.

Sounds limited so far but could have an impact if you're expecting a package.

Amazon workers launch strike at warehouses across US during busy holiday season
https://nypost.com/2024/12/19/business/amazon-workers-go-on-strike-in-us-ahead-of-christmas-rush-as-union-seeks-contract-talks/
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Re: Amazon workers planning to strike starting Black Friday
« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2024, 07:02:29 AM »
"Skokie, Ill."

Skokie? I HATE Illinois Nazis!
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Re: Amazon workers planning to strike starting Black Friday
« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2024, 08:59:33 AM »
I know an Amazon driver that just up and quit his job. He's coming to work for me, so he'll probably regret that decision...
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Re: Amazon workers planning to strike starting Black Friday
« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2024, 10:43:27 AM »
Guess Amazon found a package that has been in a shipping void since Nov. Showed up in Baltimore this morning. Got a couple of e-mail asking if I wanted to cancel since Nov but I said na , lets see what happens
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Re: Amazon workers planning to strike starting Black Friday
« Reply #14 on: December 29, 2024, 07:01:37 AM »
"so he'll probably regret that decision..."

I'm sure that extends to far more people than just him...

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