America’s Largest Unions Are Calling on the FTC to Stop Amazon(vice.com)
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America’s Largest Unions Are Calling on the FTC to Stop Amazon
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ep45jm/americas-largest-unions-are-calling-on-the-ftc-to-stop-amazon
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Rent-seekers rent-seeking, more at 11.
At least unions grift to build a strong blue collar middle class. That raises standard of living and creates a strong consumer economy.
My perception is that, at least lately, unions grift to build a powerful (and therefore wealthier) union official hierarchy. (There was a day when they actually were for the blue collar workers, in practice as well as in theory, but that day is long gone.)
The biggest advantage of strong unions these days is that it will create a strong push towards automation.
missedthecue(4)
Why wouldn’t Amazon pass through the French tax to French sellers and therefore French customers? I don’t expect Frenchmen to pay my American sales taxes. The French taxes make Amazon less competitive against smaller competitors, as intended.
Economic rights are rights too. The right to bargain collectively is extremely important and should not be restricted to those holding large amounts of capital.
Wal-mart could ship me products and I would be happy to buy from them, but since March everything at Walmart has been pickup only or doesn’t ship to my zip code (NYC), so I order from Amazon.
Target is even worse off - it’s not that items are pickup only or not shipping to my zip code, they are simply unavailable.
So my message to Wal-Mart and Target is evolve or become the next US Steel.
Amazon built a logistics pipeline that fits in well with the new normal. Walmart built a bunch of super-centers that don’t.
Spoils to the victor.