As Bezos Becomes Richest Man in Modern History, Amazon Workers Mark #PrimeDay With Strikes

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has just become the richest man in recorded history—surpassing $150 billion in net worth—thanks to his business model of subjecting employees to low wages, brutal working conditions, and scant benefits, and on Tuesday Amazon workers throughout Europe are marking "Prime Day" by walking off the job in massive numbers to call attention to their plight.

To read more about the 21st century plantation run by Jeff Bezos:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/07/17/bezos-becomes-richest-man-modern-history-amazon-workers-mark-primeday-strikes?cd-

How did Bezos get to be the richest? Partly by underpaying his workers and externalizing his costs to the taxpayers. Just like the Walton family.

[janterry]

1. I try to avoid Amazon

I purchase something from them 2 or 3 times a year. I think that's MORE than enough.

I really think Bezos is a terrible person and treats his employees abusively.

[guillaumeb]

2. He is no better than the Walton family,

or any other low wage employer/exploiter.

[Flaksie845]

3. Why don't they ever take inflation into account?

In inflation-adjusted dollars, he's not even halfway to JD Rockefeller. He needs to work harder to create the Second Gilded Age.

[pansypoo53219]

4. he's no henry ford. stupid.

[Initech]

5. Another reason to avoid big box stores.

Aside from the fact that a lot of them sell a lot of cheap, knock off shit, any time they have a gigantic sale, it just means that more money goes into the pockets of the CEO class.