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In reply to the discussion: After protest, Amazon workers finally get AC (some work in 110 degree temps for $11/hr) [View all]Brickbat
(19,339 posts)possible to take breaks and set up fans without fear of repercussions.
If the workers aren't represented, then they can agitate in the way they see fit -- for much better pay in a shitty condition, or OK pay in a better condition, or good pay in manageable conditions, or whatever.
If they put up with exploitative conditions even after knowing that they can fight to make things better, then they're suckers, straight up.
You are talking a lot about the contempt for working-class white guys on this board. That's a pretty broad group, and IME there are working-class white guys who know how to fight and keep respect on the job, and those who don't, among others. And if people stand up and fight for themselves, I respect it. If, after knowing what it takes to make things better for themselves, they choose the crap shoot or to lower standards for someone else through their own inaction, then yes, I feel contempt for that.