It looks as though there’s some dissent in Bezos’ ranks.
Streaming website Twitch has pulled Amazon’s anti-union ads from running on its service not long after they began running. For the record, Twitch is owned by Amazon.
According to More Perfect Union, the bright, talking head-style ads appeared in Twitch streams in Alabama — a state where several thousand Amazon workers are currently voting on whether to unionise. Featuring ostensible Amazon employees, the ads impressed on viewers that unions are bad and wrong, claiming that “they just take your money and they don’t do anything for you.” Apparently Amazon’s workers already “have everything [they] need” and should never ask for anything better. Read more…
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