Amazon Warehouse Workers Vote to Authorize Strike

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.warehouseworkers.org/donate/

[NBachers]

1. I tried several times to donate- I can't- clicking from their website goes to my own Paypal account

with no option to pay. I get a bit leery of hinky connections.

I went to another browser and tried the "Donate" button from their website, and the same thing happened. It goes directly to PayPal, but when I sign in, it goes directly to my account page, not to a Warehouse Workers donation opportunity.

I'll contact the Warehouse Workers via their website, but, like I said, when things like this go the wrong way, it makes me avoid the whole process.

You may want to contact them too, Steve.

[Omaha Steve]

3. We can use US mail for a check too

I didn't realize the PayPal wasn't working. Just checked it. Your correct.

If you would prefer to make a donation by check, please send a check payable to
“Warehouse Worker Resource Center”
PO Box 3892
Ontario, CA 91761

[merrily]

2. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-04-10/amazon-keeps-ceo-bezos-total-pay-at-1-68-million

April 10 (Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc. founder and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos received $1.68 million in total pay last year, unchanged from 2012, including $81,840 in salary and $1.6 million to cover security arrangements.

The CEO, who owns 18 percent of the world’s largest online retailer, again asked the company not to grant him additional compensation in 2013 and has never received a higher salary or any stock-based compensation, Amazon said today in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Bezos, 50, is the world’s 20th-richest person, with a net worth of $30.3 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Top executives at some of the biggest technology companies have been opting to take low salaries, especially if they are already wealthy. Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg got a base salary of $1 last year, and Google Inc. and Apple Inc. executives have done the same.

Amazon said it pays leaders minimal salaries -- the highest is $175,000, for Senior Vice President Diego Piacentini -- as part of its philosophy of tying total compensation to long-term shareholder value. The shares of the Seattle-based company jumped 59 percent last year.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-04-10/amazon-keeps-ceo-bezos-total-pay-at-1-68-million

[Demeter]

4. So, it's come to this already!

The union worm has finally turned, and revealed itself to be