Oh thank god, thats completel different.uziq wrote:
bitcoins aren't 'tied up' in a graphics card, either. they're kept in an encrypted wallet on your hard drive.
Fuck Israel
Oh thank god, thats completel different.uziq wrote:
bitcoins aren't 'tied up' in a graphics card, either. they're kept in an encrypted wallet on your hard drive.
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OKSeveral employees told Reuters that they had been directed to shelter in bathrooms by Amazon managers after receiving emergency alerts on mobile phones from local authorities. The first warning was issued about 40 minutes before the tornado hit, according to firefighters and the Illinois governor.
Amazon confirmed in an email that the site got tornado warnings through various alerts. "Our team worked quickly to ensure as many employees and partners could get to the designated Shelter in Place," the company said in a statement. "We thank them for everything they were able to do."
Workers gave conflicting accounts as to whether the bathroom was the designated shelter. Amazon did not comment.
Some of those workers said they had kept their phones in violation of an Amazon policy that prevents them from having cellphones at work.
The company responded by saying employees and drivers are allowed to have their cellphones.
"I was at the end of my route. I was just getting in the building and they started screaming, 'Shelter in place!'" said David Kosiak, 26, who has worked at the facility for three months. "We were in the bathrooms. That's where they sent us."
Honestly though, if that hit their apartments or swept up their cars, they'd probably have been no safer outside the factory. Maybe there should be more tornado shelters, though. Imagine if in all its wealth, Amazon had built a better place to shelter in tornado country than a facility's bathrooms.Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union criticized Amazon for requiring employees to work through a tornado warning.
"This is another outrageous example of the company putting profits over the health and safety of their workers, and we cannot stand for this. Amazon cannot continue to be let off the hook for putting hard working people's lives at risk. Our union will not back down until Amazon is held accountable for these and so many more dangerous labor practices," said Stuart Appelbaum, President of the RWDSU.
apartment blocks are way better storm and weatherproofed than factories, especially vast warehouse places like amazon uses. it’s essentially a giant tin can with a peelable lid. when’s the last time a tornado blew down an apartment block?unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Honestly though, if that hit their apartments or swept up their cars, they'd probably have been no safer outside the factory. Maybe there should be more tornado shelters, though. Imagine if in all its wealth, Amazon had built a better place to shelter in tornado country than a facility's bathrooms.
when american capitalism outcompetes korean capitalism.uziq wrote:
apartment blocks are way better storm and weatherproofed than factories, especially vast warehouse places like amazon uses. it’s essentially a giant tin can with a peelable lid. when’s the last time a tornado blew down an apartment block?unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Honestly though, if that hit their apartments or swept up their cars, they'd probably have been no safer outside the factory. Maybe there should be more tornado shelters, though. Imagine if in all its wealth, Amazon had built a better place to shelter in tornado country than a facility's bathrooms.
i’ve read lots of conflicting stuff about amazon’s culpability in this, but then again their PR machine is probably working in overtime now there’s global attention on it. wouldn’t surprise me if they’re trying to settle things left, right and centre and out of court. the political ramifications of an ugly happening like this could be huge. amazon want to preserve their ‘business as usual’ and not let, you know, the death of their employees lead to better conditions or rights for said employees.
i saw some screenshots of a text exchange in which one of the killed contractors text his partner saying they weren’t allowed to leave the site early. that just strikes me as shitty. where i work, you can go home early if you have a headache. a tornado warning? jesus christ.
I had to go to a local pharmacy yesterday. They have covid test kits for sale at the front desk. $50. Exploitative.uziq wrote:
lol at your last paragraph. they’ve already started offering PCR tests in the U.K. it wouldn’t surprise me if amazon eventually offered an entire line of climate change and global disaster related products. truly the snake at the end of capitalism eating its own tail.
not sure about that. the stories of workplace bullying, abuse, and generally shitty conditions at places like coupang (korean amazon), naver (korean google), kakao (korean facebook/whatsapp/etc) are totally legion.Cybargs wrote:
when american capitalism outcompetes korean capitalism.uziq wrote:
apartment blocks are way better storm and weatherproofed than factories, especially vast warehouse places like amazon uses. it’s essentially a giant tin can with a peelable lid. when’s the last time a tornado blew down an apartment block?unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Honestly though, if that hit their apartments or swept up their cars, they'd probably have been no safer outside the factory. Maybe there should be more tornado shelters, though. Imagine if in all its wealth, Amazon had built a better place to shelter in tornado country than a facility's bathrooms.
i’ve read lots of conflicting stuff about amazon’s culpability in this, but then again their PR machine is probably working in overtime now there’s global attention on it. wouldn’t surprise me if they’re trying to settle things left, right and centre and out of court. the political ramifications of an ugly happening like this could be huge. amazon want to preserve their ‘business as usual’ and not let, you know, the death of their employees lead to better conditions or rights for said employees.
i saw some screenshots of a text exchange in which one of the killed contractors text his partner saying they weren’t allowed to leave the site early. that just strikes me as shitty. where i work, you can go home early if you have a headache. a tornado warning? jesus christ.
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