Also when he was being treated in a hospital he wrote a letter to his brother, and in it he says how he was actually feeling better than he had in a really long time and how he was doing his best art ever. If he had had access to more effective modern treatment, who knows how much more art he would have made and how amazing it would have been
‘The retailer, which last year made more than £6bn of revenues in
Britain, has a disciplinary system under which points are accrued for
illness. Workers are issued a penalty point for each episode of
sickness.
Workers are told that more than one point will result
in a “series of counselling and disciplinary meetings” and between four
and six points can result in dismissal.
In one case, a woman who spent three days in hospital with a kidney
infection was docked two points, reduced to one on appeal, despite
providing a hospital note.
The system has been revealed in an investigation by The Sunday Times at Amazon’s sorting depot in Dunfermline, Scotland.
The
undercover reporter was paid £7.35 per hour by an agency that supplies
workers to Amazon, but was left with less than the minimum wage after
paying £10 for the agency’s bus which took her to the site 40 miles from
her home in Glasgow.
It emerged this weekend that some low-paid
workers are camping out in woodland near the sorting depot to avoid
paying the bus costs and ensure they are left with more than the minimum
wage…
The reporter obtained a job with PMP Recruitment, one of the two main
agencies that hires and supervises workers at the Dunfermline depot.
The investigation found:
Workers being threatened with dismissal
if they accrued too many points for illness, late attendance or
absence, or for making too many errors or failing to hit productivity
targets.
A claim from a worker in Amazon’s on-site first-aid
clinic that workers were under pressure to hit targets and were
suffering injuries in the rush to collect products
Workers were
expected to cover more than 10 miles a day in the warehouse collecting
items, but water dispensers to ensure they avoided dehydration were
regularly empty
The reporter was told she had to sign an
opt-out of the working time directive, which limits weekly hours to 48,
in order to get a job.
The reporter was employed as a “temporary
warehouse operative” at Amazon’s vast plant in Fife. She worked in the
“picking” department, which involved retrieving items from across
several floors of the sprawling warehouse, according to orders displayed
on a handheld scanner she was given. She worked at least 10 hours a
day, with an unpaid 30-minute lunch break and two 15-minute paid breaks….
Under the system
set out in the Amazon temporary associate handbook, half a point is
issued to recruits who are late to work or late back from a break; one
point for “one period of sickness”; and three points for “no call, no
show”. The undercover reporter was told that anyone who was more than 30
seconds late in arriving at work or returning after a break would be
subject to the half-point penalty.
Workers were also told that if
they made more than one error a week in collecting items or failed to
hit productivity targets they could be subject to a disciplinary
process, which could result in dismissal.’
me: *sees positivity post for specific subgroup of people*
me, rubbing my little gay hands together: ho ho HO! I have a friend who follows this blog who is part of that specific subgroup of people! and they are GREAT! hue hue HUE HUE, I’ll reblog this little wee post, and then they’ll see it, ha ha ha! THEN they will feel VALIDATED! hehehehhehehhehehe >:)
I never understood why people list their mental health on here anyway unless it’s something like DID/OSDD then you don’t need to list that shit
You know what, not even! Listing your mental health is out, minding your own business is in
I honestly hope this spreads because the thought that someone is automatically nt until they tell a complete internet stranger EVERYTHING is both exhausting and annoying.
You wouldn’t go up to someone irl and be like hmm you must be neurotypical because you aren’t stating clearly to me that youre –. It’s private info.
For me, it helped me see that there are a lot of other people out there who are like me (cuz let’s be honest, stats aren’t as effective as actually seeing lots of people out in the world who are like you). I also talk about my illnesses on my blog, and I like being able to be open about it where no one knows me irl. I’m tired of the “we don’t talk about that” attitude tbh. Like if you want to keep that info to yourself you should be able to, and the assumption that people are nt unless specified is definitely shitty. But there’s still a culture of silence and judgement around mental illness that needs to stop. And as someone who IS more comfortable talking about their own illnesses, I want to make it visible for others who may be going through the same thing
Support workers starting a strike in the 2nd week of July by boycotting Amazon beginning July 8, 2018 until they give in to striker’s demands.
This strike is purposely timed to disrupt Amazon’s Prime Deals event on July 16th, so you can show solidarity by not buying from Amazon during this time.
Also, please don’t think you’re helping the workers by buying more stuff during this time to increase workload–you’re only giving Bezos more cash if you buy off Amazon, and it’s not like HE has to personally process your packages for you.
It sends an even bigger message if you can cancel your Amazon Prime as well.
This is a European strike, so you can help even more if you live in Europe, but it will send a powerful message if people in other countries also boycott Amazon during this time, to say that you will not ignore the mistreatment of workers outside your country.
Amazon’s big deals event is being timed to coincide with the multinational strike action against them, so don’t get tempted when those start up
It’s on July 10th
The strikes were actually timed for the big deals event so when the high demand comes Amazon will realise how much it needs it workers.
I clarified my meaning in another post but I want to say here that the intent of the strike is not to show Amazon how much it needs its workers; Amazon knows full well that it needs its workers like any company does. The intent of strike action is to disrupt and damage Amazon’s ability to carry out its functions and force the bosses to make concessions.
wait, doesn’t that mean we SHOULD order from it, to increase demand?
Absolutely not
if we order from amazon, they will still find a way to get us our orders and make their money, which is what they really care about. they will get their end of the deal even if it’s harder than it normally is. they will think they don’t need their employees to make money, AND they won’t have as many people to split that money between.
if we refuse to buy from them, it’s a double punch of not only not having workers, but not even making money without them. they’ll be fucked six ways from sunday, and it will force them to give a hot fuck about how they treat their employees
Reblogging this again cause this is legit shit that happened in Germany between 1933 and 1939
Being German, I was hesitant to make Nazi comparisons because people (especially Americans) tend to make them quickly which imo takes away the gravity of that accusation and is something that should be said carefully and not just about anyone
But now, we’ve reached the point where I will make that comparison happily because apart from the organization of the government, this is all shit the Nazis did in the time leading up to war and genocide.
Between 1933 and 1939 the Nazi Government systematically took away citizenship from Jewish citizens and other minorities, they were let go from jobs, reporting Jews to the authorities was encouraged. The only difference is that Trump has already built concentration camps. A while ago there was a post going around with pictures from inside the camps with the murals of Trump and his quotes on the wall. I won’t lie, my first association when i saw them was of the words on the gate to Auschwitz “Arbeit macht frei” “work sets you free” or the words at Buchenwald “Jedem das Seine” “to each their own”
The US is too powerful a member of the UN to be held accountable even though it would be high time for that to happen by now. So it’s genuinely up to you guys to do everything in your power to not let this rise in your country.
I cannot tell you how disgusting and awful and insulting it is as a German – as someone from a nation that has worked so so hard to live with and learn from our legacy, to make sure it will never ever happen again – to see this kind of thinking and ideology being on the rise, being glorified and normalized and trivialized by another country. It’s hard to put into words
Please don’t leave babies, kids, or animals in hot cars this summer. “Just one minute” can feel like a lifetime when you’re being cooked alive. ☀️🚗
This could lead to heat stroke which is VERY DANGEROUS!!! Please don’t leave your kids or pets in the car!!
If the person wasn’t in the car, that baby would almost certainly be dead. At 90° outside, the inside of the car heats to 109° in just 10 minutes. In 95° weather, the inside of the car becomes 114° after 10 minutes, and climbs steadily. Babies and small children also overheat and dehydrate much faster than adults do.
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