Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social

Amazon and Space X are fighting in court to have the National Labor Relations Board declared unconstitutional. This means the two richest men on earth want to dismantle the agency that holds them accountable for union busting. Nothing terrifies them more than worker power.

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@regalpastry.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 04:10 UTC

In space, no one can hear them screaming inanities

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Colonel Daddy, Patron of the Arts @stephenmeister.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 02:51 UTC

So was Dobbs just a diversion?

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Dale Newton @pylusha.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 01, 2024 at 23:52 UTC

If they win they'll soon see why their predecessors had to placate the working class with the Wagner Act. And maybe this time we amend the Constitution with a Workers Bill of Rights.

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Ric Steinberger @ricst.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 03:48 UTC

Bezos and Musk are the Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette of advanced industrial capitalism

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Nick, Molly, Dipper and 🌈 Brutus @knockaboutwok.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 03:38 UTC

As a union rep who works constructively with management to ensure our members aren't being shafted,it always puzzles me that people think we'd be less than interested in the long term viability of our employer....why would we want to destroy our work? Makes no sense. But, I'm in Australia so .....🤷‍♂️

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David Hahn (L-A-T-E-R that week) @davidhahn.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 01:18 UTC

Says a lot about the capitalist mind virus that billionaires would rather be constantly looking over their shoulders and fearing a potential union than to just pay people a fair rate and likely remove the specter of unionization entirely.

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@waterloo45.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 00:38 UTC

Bezo and musk just don't have enough money

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Great Laxit @greatlaxit.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 19:34 UTC

If they want to go back to pre NLRB days someone should remind them private jets are far more susceptible to [redacted] than the armoured train carriages bosses used to ride in.

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LDoone @woodsbythelake.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 02:33 UTC

And yet they both have enough money to live multiple opulent lifetimes. What is wrong with these people? Some day, hopefully, we'll determine what the sickness is that makes the exceptionally wealthy feel the need to continue to squeeze the life out of the middle class and poor.

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joqatana @joqatana.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 02:06 UTC

I’m fairly certain the reason the Amazon driver threw my birthday present over the fence yesterday instead of delivering it was No Holiday Pay for working Easter. Not a very effective means of protest but understandable.

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BionicDance @bionicdance.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 10:29 UTC

"What...? My continued fortune is dependent on my good behavior toward other people...? I shall not commit to displaying compassion! IT CANNOT BE BORNE!!! 😡"

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Raj Thamotheram @rajtham.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 10:42 UTC

All Amazon's top 10 investors are members of the UN Principles of Responsible Investment, which aims to create a "more sustainable global financial system". Now's a good time to hold these investors accountable for what they are enabling, no? Member nominated pension fund trustees should lead!

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Accountabilabuddy @accountabilabuddy.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 00:04 UTC

The supreme court can issue all the advisory opinions it wants. The most out of line they are from the needs of normal people, the more they will force us to ignore their decisions entirely.

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Candy Worner @candyworner.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 02:45 UTC

One of the few times I have ever agreed with Reich!

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Andrew Sobey @sobey.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 01, 2024 at 23:47 UTC

and Trader Joe's and Starbucks. Let's not let our merely-millionaire friends off the hook here.

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@lettie9.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 02:54 UTC

Starbucks and Trader Joe's are other businesses in this court filing. Shame on all if them.

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