OA465: The Fight to Unionize at Amazon
Opening Arguments
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🗓️ 16 February 2021
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Today's show is a fascinating deep-dive into one Amazon facility's efforts to unionize, and the implications it has on the entire company! After that, we have an update on the Senate power sharing agreement. Committee assignments galore!
Links: Amazon workers begin voting in landmark US union push, Amazon Workers in Delaware Reject Union Effort, Amazon has avoided unions for 25 years, Amazon 18-month non-competes, Amazon's Secret Program to Spy On Workers, Amazon training videos coach Whole Foods staff on how to discourage unions, Amazon: ‘They Work You to Death’, Amazon NLRB Case, National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq, Signed RC petition, Amazon response, Amazon has lost its bid to delay Alabama union vote, NLRB petitions report, Res 27 power sharing, 2001 version S. RES. 8
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| 0:00.0 | You wanted a chance to make law, but here it is. |
| 0:06.5 | Making a good one. |
| 0:10.0 | Is this your gun? |
| 0:20.0 | No, yes it is. |
| 0:21.0 | No it isn't. |
| 0:22.0 | We have your name on the registration. |
| 0:24.0 | No you don't. |
| 0:25.0 | Don't be ridiculous. |
| 0:28.0 | Networks don't get to decide election. |
| 0:30.0 | Ports do. |
| 0:35.0 | Yard is, I'm not some slick big city lawyer like my opponent here. |
| 0:39.0 | What just happened? |
| 0:46.0 | You kind of confessed. |
| 0:48.0 | Sorry. |
| 0:49.0 | And I find you guilty. |
| 0:52.0 | Bring out the wheel of punishment. |
| 0:55.0 | Welcome to Opening Arguments, a podcast that pairs a comedian with a real-life lawyer. |
| 1:00.0 | This podcast is sponsored by the law offices of P Andrew Torres LLC for entertainment purposes. |
| 1:05.0 | It's not intended as legal advice and does not form an attorney-client relationship. |
| 1:09.0 | Don't take legal advice from a podcast. |
| 1:18.0 | Welcome to Opening Arguments, this is episode 465 and I'm Thomas and that's Andrew, how are you doing sir? |
| 1:25.0 | I am fantastic Thomas, how are you still not a cat? |
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