If you don’tike the conditions and want to be paid for securityy check, GO WORK SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!!
They should be happy they don’t work in a diamond m ine.
They have an internal point of reference.
Hourly employees at fedgov agencies, secretaries, etc, all have to clear security on the way into their buildings.
They clock in when they get to their actual office, not when they hit the door.
Everyone seems to be missing the 800 pound gorilla in the room, which is:
Who made the Supreme Court the arbiter of the terms of private contracts between employers and employees?
They should be paid for all time that they are required to spend at the site of their employer. Otherwise, their employer is a thief.
The employees' remedy, therefore, is to get Congress to write a new law requiring pay for such inspections.
We need much more distributed, less centralized, community-based production. Better distribution and transportation would also result.
I didn’t see any mention of whether the security checks were a part of the deal and noted during the hiring process - did employees agree with them to be hired?
A fifteen minute security check represents about 3% of the workday. Amazon should inform the employee that the security check time will now be covered time and that all employees wages are being adjusted to compensate.
If the employee doesn't wish to accept a 3% cut in hourly wages, then they are free to leave the plant immediately and permanently.
During such negotiations employees should be free to demand a raise of any amount which they deem appropriate with the same outcome if no agreement is reached.