The Stock Market Is Not The Economy Thread II

[Lokus]

https://twitter.com/abc27News/status...u2j74DL7g&s=19

Amazon isn't alone in their brand of shit.

[kuronosan]

https://twitter.com/abc27News/status...u2j74DL7g&s=19

Amazon isn't alone in their brand of shit.

But were they chained to the floor?

[Fondue]

If someone said "if you leave early due to a tornado siren you are going to be fired" I am not defending that in any way and I'm sure they're going to get sued and fined out of business if that's the case. Again I have no idea how long you have to safely reach cover once a siren is going off but I still imagine the intent is not so you can get in your car but to shelter in place?

[kuronosan]

If someone said "if you leave early due to a tornado siren you are going to be fired" I am not defending that in any way and I'm sure they're going to get sued and fined out of business if that's the case. Again I have no idea how long you have to safely reach cover once a siren is going off but I still imagine the intent is not so you can get in your car but to shelter in place?

Minutes. Hard to tell. But telling workers they can't leave in an emergency or they'll be fired is a huge fucking labor violation.

[Kaslo]

I have no idea how long you have to safely reach cover once a siren is going off but I still imagine the intent is not so you can get in your car but to shelter in place?

It really depends. The "rule" is that you should get to shelter immediately upon sirens going off.

But if you are from Oklahoma you usually pull up a radar, or put on the News to see if its anywhere near you.

[NynJa]

Buffy is the Amazon stan.

I'm surprised he hasnt come in defending keeping the warehouse manager's actions.

[Zealot]

All the managers had to do in either location was say "you can go but the best thing to do in an emergency is shelter in place so we highly stress that you shouldn't leave," and they'd be legally in the clear. Saying "try to leave work during this deadly tornado and you're fired" is a much different animal.

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[Mythe_Seraph]

All the managers had to do in either location was say "you can go but the best thing to do in an emergency is shelter in place so we highly stress that you shouldn't leave," and they'd be legally in the clear. Saying "try to leave work during this deadly tornado and you're fired" is a much different animal.

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In my head I was giving Amazon the benefit of the doubt thinking this is what was being said in reality, then workers translating that into “we can’t leave”. But it doesn’t sound like that was the case at all which is insane.

[6souls]

maybe that guy's text message meant that amazon was not letting them leave with the delivery vehicles and they thought it was safer to use their shelter in place location? I don't think amazon had the man chained to the floor

I have no idea how much warning they had to evacuate, I would imagine its more dangerous to be on the road shortly before a tornado comes through than in a structure?

The sirens went off 10 to 15 minutes before it hit.

[archibaldcrane]

If this is the end it was a good ride

[archibaldcrane]

But of course it's not truly the end, because while the bill enlarging the CTC was for all of 2021, they only started monthly payouts in July - so whenever families file their tax returs they'll get the other 6 months worth in a lump sum.

Really the CTC doesn't "end" until July 2022.

[kuronosan]

Except we already get a CTC so this adds what, exactly?

[archibaldcrane]

Except we already get a CTC so this adds what, exactly?

Old CTC is 2k/kid once a year, current expanded CTC is $300/mo 0-5 and $250/mo 6-17 paid monthly.

[kuronosan]

So at the minimum everyone would get $3300, which is $1300 more than last year?

[archibaldcrane]

Check your math but yes, $3000 instead of 2k for 6-17, $3600 instead of $2000 for 0-5, and paid monthly instead of all at tax time.

[kuronosan]

I'm talking about for the remaining 6 months.

[archibaldcrane]

I'm talking about for the remaining 6 months.

At tax time parents will get the remaining $1800 per kid 0-5 and $1500 per kid 6-17 instead of the usual $2000, yes.

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/USDOL/status/1471472703362277382
https://twitter.com/BLS_gov/status/1471495373738766339

[kuronosan]

This is worse than people publishing scientific papers like "studies show if you take medicines to decrease symptoms the symptoms decrease".

Work accidents going down is pretty easy to explain with "people not going to work as much".

[Jaybar]

Jobs that are able to be remote aren't exactly high on the ladder of unsafe work environments.