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[–] ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.com 126 points 3 months ago (5 children)

The rich love convincing themselves (and the general population) that the working class and therefore society at large depends entirely on them and on their gracious "job creating" generosity to not only survive, but exist.

In reality it is the exact opposite that is true - without the workers to exploit, they are nothing, and if the workers of the world unite, we can get rid of them, and their oppressive systems, for good.

Imagine the shock and awe they would experience when that finally happens.

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[–] archonet@lemy.lol 75 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Good, keep forming unions and keep making them shut down facilities. They're shitty places to work and fund a shitty human being, who funds other shitty human beings.

[–] Chuymatt@beehaw.org 12 points 3 months ago

Using the website keeps getting more and more shitty to use. Try to not fund them, folks.

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[–] some_guy 47 points 3 months ago

Fuck you Amazon. I'm going to inconvenience myself a lot more from now on to stop giving you money.

[–] fourish@lemmy.world 40 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Maybe having some laws that if a company decides to close a business after unionization then any remaining Canadian company assets are taxed at a rate to pay a reasonable living wage to those displaced. The alternative being complete withdrawal from the country.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Even better, having laws that above a certain size, companies MUST have unions.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

20 or 50 people in my country, depending on sector, apparantly. Just had to look it up.

Used to know someone who had a chain of stores. He never went over the limit, he simply owned many smaller businesses that worked together under a unified brand name...

[–] fourish@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Yup I like it.

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 40 points 3 months ago (1 children)

can you quit earth entirely please

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

An international Amazon union could accomplish that.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 36 points 3 months ago (6 children)

The solution would be easy if everyone would do it. Stop buying from Amazon. I'm trying to buy anything I need directly from the provider or at good old fashioned stores.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've been doing this since 2020. Just the other day I let it slip to some co-workers that I don't have a prime membership and the shock on their faces kinda spooked me.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

For watching prime, I aarrrrr

[–] mrtuttle 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

i use bookshop.org whenever i need to order a book online. a portion of the sale goes to my local book coop.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

There ya go! Will get my books from there now

[–] FolknForage@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Amazon has been my last purchasing option for many years now - brick & mortar, CL/FB market used, eBay and then Amazon if all fails and I really need the thing.

Edit - the added benefit of this approach is that friction introduced in the process allows me a cool down period to evaluate whether something is truly needed. Reducing the friction is precisely part of Amazon’s business strategy, and why they had a patent on 1-click shopping until a few yrs ago.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago

Even if something you actually need is only on Bezos' website, I've had some luck contacting a seller directly and arranging a sale that way.

[–] Slax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

An alternative to eBay and PayPal is needed! Thiel is up there too with Musk and Bozo.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

I look locally for items online first, but where I am at some computer/hardware/tool items are hard to get especially with Canadian Tire turning into a terrible place to buy tools. Amazon is good for folks like my mom that doesn't drive and is not very mobile. Amazon will delivery heavy items to her door so she doesn't have to hobble out to a store

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

It's pretty difficult to find a variety of things without using an evil big store, but nowadays people can use a temporary card service or a paypal service to shop at a variety of smaller specialist online stores with minimal risk of fraud anyways.

[–] Tehdastehdas@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

The solution would be easy if everyone would do it.

Always true, applies everywhere.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 36 points 3 months ago

Amazon can go fuck itself!

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is not new. Walmart has done it as well.

Canadian government could give a shit.

https://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=668&Itemid=6&lang=en

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Canadian government is in favor of anti-union behaviour. See the last year of strikes and government intervention.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yup. One of the reasons I don't like Trudeau. (Would take him over PP though)

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Such a shitty situation. The devil you know, or the even worse devil you know.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

He resigned so....

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

We are all much more alike then we want to admit?

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 27 points 3 months ago

Issue is more with American laws allowing for anti-humane treatment of workers, as has been the countries tradition since it was founded 2 decades ago.

[–] FolknForage@lemm.ee 22 points 3 months ago

Oh no - what are quebequois (sp?) going to do without an Amazon warehouse in their region?!? How will they survive?!?

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 months ago

#ByeByeBezos

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Is unionising not protected in Canada?

[–] Tuxman@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but only one of the 7 warehouses was unionized. So they are adamantly stating it had nothing to do with that (yeah, right…)

I guess mercury was in retrograde?

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So, it's criminal to fire an individual after they join a union, but shutting a site is coincidence. Gotcha.

[–] Tuxman@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You’re hired as regional operations manager! You’re gonna go far! 👍

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 6 points 3 months ago

Oh yeah, we're gonna bring in some entry-level graduates, farm some work out to Singapore, that's the usual deal.

[–] Frederic@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago

Yes, but Amazon said that before 2020 they used only 3rd party last mile delivery and it worked fine, so they are going back to it, "this has nothing to do with union".

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Is there a way to download wish lists? I want my book list before I delete Amazon.

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 months ago

Screenshot and move on.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago

I got a bunch of hits searching with "Export Amazon Wishlist"

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago

Can we get the Panier Bleue back then?

[–] Xavier@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I am of the opinion that it will help Québec in the long run and give local companies some breathing room to innovate, test, fail, iterate, refine and discover better way to ship to customers (I pray for something better than Intelcom/Dragonfly 🙏🤣 ).

Amazon just dropped a huge marketshare of online purchases in Québec (51% of total value in dollars), they almost had the control on how local businesses would have to reach customers online and suck every profit out of each transactions.

Moreover, Amazon will now have to deal with higher rate of return, damaged and lost packages while on less than stellar delivery (I blame specifically Intelcom).

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