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Wanderfound · October 3, 2018, 4:50am

Interesting China podcast:

Based in a clear ideological POV, but seems reasonable to me.

Wanderfound · October 3, 2018, 5:34am

Wanderfound · October 3, 2018, 5:37am

https://twitter.com/diracdrynx/status/1047358622634786817?s=21

Wanderfound · October 3, 2018, 5:41am

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MarjaE · October 4, 2018, 1:17am

I had thought the strike had been settled?

Owing to the lack of accessible alternatives, I had to buy a few necessary things via Amazon anyway, but was trying to buy things elsewhere for the duration.

Fuck.

Wanderfound · October 4, 2018, 1:57am

Which strike? There have been lots of 'em.

As the pay increases for the US and UK were announced, Amazon employees in Germany were heeding calls to strike once again in a walkout that began Monday and extended into Tuesday.

German trade union Verdi has been demanding a collective wage agreement for Amazon’s 16,000 workers across Germany since 2013, but the retail giant has refused to engage with the union on the issue. The company has thus far agreed to some wage increases in order to deal with the labor stoppages.

“Without persistent strikes, not a penny would have probably come out of Amazon,” Verdi Federal Board member Stefanie Nutrberger said. “Those who generate $4.5 million per hour, can at least provide their workers with reliable incomes and legally binding pay increases,” she added.

Last month, German workers also engaged in labor stoppages to demand better work conditions. Verdi has expressed concern about long working shifts, strenuous and monotonous work, and severe physical and mental stress.

Forcing Bezos up to $15/hr in the US was a good win, but the fight is far from over.

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mindysan33 · October 4, 2018, 11:04pm

Yes. Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t oppose his nomination on that and other grounds.

Wanderfound · October 5, 2018, 12:40am

Wanderfound · October 5, 2018, 12:47am

Tweet motivated by this and this.

Wanderfound · October 5, 2018, 2:47am

Yup, for sure.

My point wasn’t “so Kavanaugh isn’t so bad”, it was “Kavanaugh is not the only problem here”. As with the rest of it, the core issues are systemic rather than personal. Revolution is required, not just restoration.

Wanderfound · October 5, 2018, 2:53am

Midler tweet (and the doubling-down followups) now deleted.

She was citing that Yoko Ono “woman is the n*gger of the world” quote. Unsurprisingly, many Black women found this rather obnoxious.

https://twitter.com/jessiedoth/status/1048062867478646784?s=21

Wanderfound · October 5, 2018, 2:58am