It will be interesting to see how the vote goes.
"When Korgan began as a dock worker in the freight industry in 1990, he made $15 an hour within his first year, more than $11 above minimum wage at the time. “I had a hard time surviving at that time on $15. Now we’re patting Amazon on the back 30 years later for paying $15 an hour? It’s mind-boggling.” (Of the four major local delivery providers in the US—Amazon, FedEx, UPS, and USPS—only UPS and the postal service are unionized.) Amazon’s comparably low-wage model, Korgan says, leads to a revolving door of workers."
So Amazon has been raising wages in an effort to attract and retain workers, however their work environment is intense and relies on high productivity. And Amazon has large profits, that many likely think they should get a bigger cut of.
An old saying. "If your organization has union problems, you may deserve them" :-)
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