Amazon — the future of retail? Amazon’s warehouses are run like colonial enterprises — the staff are treated with contempt, paid badly, disciplined brutally, and set in competition against each other, often as temporary workers or on short-term contracts. Meanwhile, North of France: B[...]
Posts Tagged ‘labor’
December 12th, 2013 - 9:40 am § in The Ave Scene
Maybe Boeing’s Machinists Need to Move to Germany
Germany Struggles to Lure Skilled Workers Germany must look abroad to make up for its shortage of highly skilled workers. But a series of obstacles, including daunting bureaucracy, stand in the way of foreign specialists looking to relocate. By Maximilian Popp and Janko Tietz more… [ Comment�[...]
Davey Jones: A Seaman comments on Boeing’s Treatment of Machinists.
The next time you’re in a 737 descending from 36,000 feet to a landing, take a moment and consider that the aircraft is a collection of over 300.000 parts, if you happen to be on a 747 there are over 6,000,000 parts. Many of those parts are things like rivets, screws wires, or seat cushions,[...]
December 2nd, 2013 - 12:13 pm § in The Ave Scene
THE Ave Challenge: What is wrong with this picture?
Something is Wrong With This Ad from the Washington Aerospace Partnership Click the ad to find out what is wrong![...]
December 2nd, 2013 - 10:33 am § in Misc.
THURSDAY: Boycott Fast Food!
Or ,,, tip the person handing you your food?[...]
November 29th, 2013 - 6:59 pm § in Hypocrisy, The Ave Scene
AMAZON 1: The A may mean awful for its workers
1. Warehouse workers are treated like robots. Your boss may be bad. But your supervisor probably isn’t a piece of equipment that times you as you complete menial tasks. This week, the BBC described the experience of one of its undercover reporters, Adam Littler: A handset told him what to coll[...]
November 14th, 2013 - 1:27 am § in The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Bye, bye Boeing
Boeing workers reject plan linked to 777X in Wash. SEATTLE (AP) – Despite warnings that production of Boeing’s next generation 777 plane could go to another state, machinists in the Northwest voted to reject a contract proposal late Wednesday that would have exchanged concessions for dec[...]
November 21st, 2012 - 10:38 am § in Misc.
President Romney Shows Sympathy for The Death of An American Brand
Encouraged by President Romney’s “Tough on Failure” policy, Hostess Brands Inc. says it’s going out of business after striking workers across the country crippled its ability to make its Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Wonder Bread and other snacks. The end of this American institution[...]
CHINA: Slavery
China News, Current Events & Headlines | China Digital Times (CDT) Video: China’s Secret Slave Camps Al Jazeera is streaming the most recent episode of “Slavery: a 21st Century Evil“. This episode outlines the modern function of laogai and laojiao – the institutional practices of fo[...]