Amazon will handle the situation, quietly and efficiently. In Seattle, thousands of Amazon jobs are being moved to the suburb of Everett, after the city council tried to impose an additional tax on large employers. The move was ultimately rejected, but Bezos hasn’t forgotten.
Same thing in Minnesota. Amazon has enough distribution centers they can shift the work of the Minnesota facility to a warehouse in a nearby state and still achieve required efficiency. Within a few months, the Minnesota distribution center will close, or be temporarily down-sized, so the miscreant employees can be laid off, and (if they decide to retain the facility) new staff will be hired and trained.
I am not without sympathy for Amazon workers. Despite numerous exposes, most Americans don’t realize the Bezos operation is (at the manager and worker-bee level), a sweat shop. For $15 an hour, you’d better produce, in terms of order fulfillment, delivery, billing or whatever your task is. If you fall behind or can’t maintain the breakneck pace, you’ll be terminated in short order. This is not Google, Apple or Facebook land, with free gourmet food, world class fitness facilities, free massages and the other tech-world perks.
Amazon follows a model the robber barons of 150 years ago would recognize, with a tech façade. Folks willing to work—and work very hard—can do well, but if you can’t meet the quotas, well, good luck in your next job.
Thanks for that.
I watched interviews with the strikers and they were spewing pure union propaganda while obviously engaged in vindictive anti company activity.
I hope the facility is in fact closed.