.ZeeshanAleem: The overarching theme of wellness programs like Amazon's is to offer a cosmetic solution to worker suffering or a Trojan horse to enhance worker exploitation.
, New York. There is no question that Amazon is now terrified of its warehouses falling like dominoes to unionization efforts and alarmed at the prospect of facing a united effort among employees demanding a safer and fairer workplace.
The fate of the internal messaging social media program — which, according to The Intercept, was slated to be released in a pilot program next month — is unclear. Amazonthe program has not been approved yet, could change significantly and might not be released at all.
Following the meeting, an “auto bad word monitor” was devised, constituting a blacklist that would flag and automatically block employees from sending a message that contains any profane or inappropriate keywords. In addition to profanities, however, the terms include many relevant to organized labor, including “union,” “grievance,” “pay raise,” and “compensation.” Other banned keywords include terms like “ethics,” “unfair,” “slave,” “master,” “freedom,” “diversity,” “injustice,” and “fairness.
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