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Comment Re: More pay for less work. (Score 1) 124

Organized workers leverage is being organized. You know work stoppages, strikes, etc. While I am not a fan of unions for many reasons the one thing that is hard to argue against is that employment in America has always been divide and conquer. How many people still believe discussing their salary/compensation with each other is ILLEGAL or against a company policy... I agree the union may not be able to demonstrate a reason that is sufficient enough for Apple, but they do not have to do that. Unionized workers are able to shift into the same position employers in with regard to leverage. Employers: Do this thing/accept these conditions or we will find someone else that will. Unions: Agree to these terms or continue to lose money while work is stopped. May not be fair or right but at least is equitable. Best part is the first union area is a threat of the viral spread. When a small area unionizes Apple could simply say we are going to leave that area but if all of retail unionizes... Then pleasing Wall Street is not just about growth but showing that Apple has solved it's union problem. The pressure to compromise would come from the market as well as the union. Having a work stoppage in retail would sway confidence in Apple's growth potential the longer it goes on. While unions have a lot of negatives the one thing they can do is level the employer/employee playing field, which currently is probably at least as necessary as it was in the black lung mining days.

Comment Re: unions are why we have 40 hour work and osha (Score 1) 124

Couple things: OSHA is usually, not always, there to investigate the working conditions/environment that management may be perpetuating, supporting or ignoring that caused the conditions or accident to occur. So the results would lead to consequence levied against the employer in this case for either actively or passively causing the inciting incident. IA is usually, not always, there to investigate law enforcement OFFICERS specifically (which is a compromise "the public" made with law enforcement agencies, allowing them to self-govern since having a civilian review board is just so untenable). So the results would lead to consequence levied against the employees in this case. Also, everything you cited as a negative consequence to being investigated as an innocent law enforcement officer (LEO) is the same for being investigated as an innocent private citizen, EXCEPT, reporting of police investigations of private citizens can end up becoming a permanent part of public data online for that citizen. The results of an IA investigation or even the record that the investigation occurred does NOT become part of public data for that LEO. IA is LEOs doing to LEOs what LEOs do to everyone else, with the same harmful impacts to the innocent. It's the dirty little secret that, innocent until proven guilty is just for court, LEOs operate with the mentality of individuals being guilty so far ingrained it is turned against them by their own resulting in that "stigma" you mentioned.
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Netflix Heads for Worst Day in Two Decades as Investors Hit 'Not For Me' (reuters.com) 341

Netflix shares lost over a third of their value on Wednesday after the company reported its first drop in subscribers in a decade, leaving Wall Street questioning its growth in the face of fierce competition and post-pandemic viewer fatigue. From a report: The streaming pioneer's shares fell 37% to $220.40 and were headed for their worst day in nearly 18 years if the losses hold. More than a dozen analysts rushed to temper their views on a stock that has been a red-hot market performer in the past few years. "Netflix is a poster child for what happens to growth companies when they lose their growth," said Kim Forrest, chief investment officer at Bokeh Capital Partners in Pittsburgh. Elon Musk weighed in on Netflix's subscriber loss by responding to a Slashdot tweet, saying "the woke mind virus" is making the streaming platform "unwatchable." He added, "Can they please just make sci-fi/fantasy at least *mostly* about sci-fi/fantasy?"

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