suncherta

I was reading through related discussions on HN and did not see the answer to this question: what would workers or organized labor (for that matter) gain by organizing just one Amazon warehouse?

Sure, one needs to start somewhere, and it is likely infeasible to organize majority of Amazon warehouses simultaneously.

But what leverage over Amazon would such single unionized warehouse give to labor? And AFAIK without good leverage Union cannot negotiate anything significant for its members, why members still must pay their dues to the union, ending up worse on the balance.

Wouldn't successful unionization of the single warehouse serve more like an inoculation from the organized labor for Amazon? What parts of the picture do I miss here?

With lockdowns and remote work, I grew more nostalgic for internet of old: Usenet groups, relatively small forums and so on, that provided good opportunities to engage intellectually with others, either actively participating or just by listing to diverse perspectives and people arguing their views. Hacker News is the closest thing to this I currently know but does not quite make it for me.

How do you satisfy such need in your life? And in case you are reluctant to point to some little-known online community on the high-trafficked website for the fear of overriding it with newcomers, how do you find such places for yourself?