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Amazon to ban the word "union" on its new worker chat app, per internal company documents
I lost my ability to distinguish satire from fact. I don't know which this is.
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Amazon to ban the word "union" on its new worker chat app, per internal company documents leaked to me.
Other banned terms include "living wage," "slave labor," "harassment" and "restrooms"
Other banned terms include "living wage," "slave labor," "harassment" and "restrooms"
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Leaked: New Amazon Worker Chat App to Ban Words Like Union, Restrooms, Pay Raise, and...
Also: Grievance, slave labor, This is dumb, living wage, diversity, vaccine, and others.
Also: Grievance, slave labor, This is dumb, living wage, diversity, vaccine, and others.
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Amazon to ban the word "union" on its new worker chat app, per internal company documents (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Apr 2022
OP
I'm sure they will come up with some code words to message. Seems commonly done.
Raven123
Apr 2022
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mopinko
(71,824 posts)1. ffs. yeah, i dont know any more either?
agingdem
(8,541 posts)2. Kind of reminiscent of Trump blathering
no testing/no covid
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)3. Intercept?
Raven123
(6,054 posts)4. I'm sure they will come up with some code words to message. Seems commonly done.
DinahMoeHum
(22,489 posts)5. "Restrooms"??? Time to break out this oldie but goodie. . .
"Employees lose respect for a company that fails to provide decent facilities for their comfort"