Comment on Amazon Contractors can't even sing in their cars now. Unions protect against this micromanagement.

voracitude@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You should almost never quit if you expect to be fired. Make them fire you and file for unemployment, then challenge them when they try to get out of it. The government tends to err on the side of the employee in my experience when things are unclear, and “We have a knowledge gap that prevents us from confirming whether or not you were actually violating policy, but you’re fired anyway” is the kind of thing you can feel pretty confident challenging.

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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Make them fire you and file for unemployment, then challenge them when they try to get out of it.

    I do not love the odds of a day laborer out maneuvering the professional claims denial behemoth in a court packed with pro-business Federalist Society flunkies.

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    • HonorableScythe@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Depends on the state. Some states are near impossible to get unemployment in. Others, it’s almost impossible for them to deny you unemployment outside of being violent or stealing from them. Know your state’s unemployment laws and use them to your benefit as best as you can.

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    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My Mom managed to get unemployment in Texas against an oil company by spending about an hour total on the phone over a week.

      Bonus was that the incident happened about a week before the Covid lockdown, so not only did she get unemployment, but also got the $600/week Covid unemployment bump.

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  • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    These drivers are most likely contractors, not employees, so no unemployment.

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    • lemmy_at_em@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If the drivers are contractors, wouldn’t this level of surveillance and dictating how they perform their job be a violation of labor law? I thought this level of micro management would indicate that the drivers are employees not contractors.

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      • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Correct! Amazon and other delivery companies are absolutely violating labor laws and they’re getting away with it because of regulatory capture.

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• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  we’re adult fucking humans and we expect to be fucking well treated like it

  Sounds expensive. You’re going to hurt company profits with that attitude. Five Demerits on your Social Credit Score.

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  • bamfic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Communist totalitarianism is wonderful and good and as American as apple pie as long as it’s corporations doing it not governments.

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