I can't do this daily but

it's still a good exercise, so,

This article about The Union Battle at Amazon compares the failed push for a union at an Amazon fulfillment center to the creation of a union at a Bethlehem Steel mill 80 years ago. (Arguing for its necessity by demonstrating the ridiculous wealth disparity between the company presidents and employees.) Bethlehem only stopped opposing unions out of fear of missing out on WWII military contracts from a union-friendly Roosevelt administration -- and the article ultimately hints that perhaps the Biden administration should do more to force Amazon to support unionization as well.

Years ago I did some grunt work on a case in which a Rust Belt manufacturer was trying to get out of promises it made to its labor union. The trajectory of the company was telling. Workers unionized in the 70's, drove wages and benefits up so high that the company could no longer compete with foreign manufacturers on price, so it closed its Rust Belt factories and opened them in southern states that were not as union friendly, and when one of the southern factories unionized, they closed it and opened one in Mexico.

It seems like lately the business/union relationship has become more confrontational than collaborative. 

I think Amazon sometimes gets a bit of a bad rap in the press about working conditions. I read an article last week in which the author claimed Amazon delivery drivers were under such intense time constraints that they didn't have time for bathroom breaks and had to pee in bottles stored in the truck. I'm sure this has happened to some drivers, but the article seemed to hint it was the norm. I see several Amazon delivery drivers on our block every day, and I have never seen one who appeared to be in the slightest hurry. They pull up, park in front of the hydrant, take out boxes, walk to my door, ring the bell, wait a reasonable amount of time for me to answer the door, politely hand me my package, walk back to the van, and move on. They're not loafing on the sidewalks texting or sleeping in their vans or anything, but they also don't seem like guys who are running around peeing in bottles and speeding through neighborhoods to make deliveries. Ok, this is getting off track and it's 11:18...