Alexandra BrooksApr 3, 2023
Robert Reich

Amazon's CEO made $212.7 million in compensation in 2021 while the typical worker received $32,855.

That's a ratio of 6,474 to 1.

Now we learn that the company spent $14 million on anti-union consultants...

Don't tell me that Amazon can't afford to let workers join a union.
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RT @jamieson
NEWS: Amazon spent more than $14.2 million on anti-union consultants last year, new Labor Department filings show.

I've never seen another comp…
https://twitter.com/jamieson/status/1641956543376572417

Dave Jamieson on Twitter

“NEWS: Amazon spent more than $14.2 million on anti-union consultants last year, new Labor Department filings show. I've never seen another company disclose spending anywhere close to that in a single year. https://t.co/271Rfzi1U5”

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Apr 1, 2023 at 2:40pmWeb
Show threadSFborn1940Apr 1, 2023
@rbreich Ah, the wonders of capitalism and a corrupt government.
Show threadKevin KleineApr 1, 2023
@rbreich FFS
Show threadseachangedApr 1, 2023

@rbreich

$8.83 per employee per year to keep the union away, whereas an extra dollar an hour for each of 1.6 million employees would come to 3.2 billion dollars per year, coming out of a net profit of at least 21 billion per year.

Amazon prime brings in $139 per year per member, and there are about 200 million members per year, worth about 27.8 billion.

Could bad publicity on this get a three million people to drop Amazon Prime?

Show threadStraadin Apr 1, 2023

@rbreich Two possible conclusions I can draw:

1. Mistreating their workers somehow saves Amazon more than $14 million.
2. It's not about the money and Amazon just enjoys mistreating its workers*

*it's always about the money

Show threadAlakestApr 2, 2023

@straadin @rbreich

Obligatory:

Show threadJohn1000ukApr 1, 2023
@rbreich Thats why I go out of my way to avoid Amazon. Viva la workers.
Show threadWilliam SmithApr 1, 2023
@rbreich sure
Show threadNicky🦨✌️Apr 1, 2023
@rbreich but “oh no they’ll raise prices if they can’t make that much money”…wait, that’s not what they say…”oh they’ll raise prices if they pay employees more….”
Show threadC.S.StrowbridgeApr 1, 2023
@rbreich There should be a surtax on all companies whose CEO makes more than 100 times the average worker. Hell, even making it 1,000 times would still be a huge tax for some of these companies.