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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Apr 4, 2022, 05:12 PM Apr 2022

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"



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.
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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
ffs. yeah, i dont know any more either? mopinko Apr 2022 #1
Kind of reminiscent of Trump blathering agingdem Apr 2022 #2
Intercept? Hoyt Apr 2022 #3
I'm sure they will come up with some code words to message. Seems commonly done. Raven123 Apr 2022 #4
"Restrooms"??? Time to break out this oldie but goodie. . . DinahMoeHum Apr 2022 #5

DinahMoeHum

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5. "Restrooms"??? Time to break out this oldie but goodie. . .
Mon Apr 4, 2022, 07:41 PM
Apr 2022


"Employees lose respect for a company that fails to provide decent facilities for their comfort"

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