Bezos and Musk Vs. Workers | Robert Reich
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
- Nothing tells you how important unions are like corporations controlled by the richest men on earth suing to dismantle the government agency that protects the right to organize.
Here’s what you need to know.
Billionaires will destroy everything until there's nothing.
I agree. What’s the long plan on this accumulation of wealth??
It’s not like people wake up one day and say, hey, I wanna go live out on the streets, from here on out…They simply can’t afford to have a roof over their heads, & people act like its all because they don’t work hard enough or they are on drugs. Not true. Usually get on drugs after being down and out for so long to drown out the emptiness and suffering that has been overwhelming for them all.
What do they want us all to do????? What’s the plan. Gates communities, everyone else roaming around the cities. It’s sickening to see these billionaires have no empathy.
Only if we allow it. It could get rough.
& yet they're admired & rewarded for actualizing the sickness of hoarding
Greed destroys everything.
Government should be afraid of the people not the people afraid of the government! Ladies you want to know why republicans struck down Roe vs Wade? Red States and republicans have been passing weakened laws for child labor. Letting kids do dangerous jobs for half the pay of adults and many have died. When public school is abolished and poor people can't pay for charter schools corporations will have all the cheap child labor they want! We will be a 3rd world country like China and countries in Africa and Asia. READ "Agenda 47" what they have planned is a nightmare for our children and grandchildren!
Absolutely, as long as politicians are bought, nothing changes.
Donations to politicians needs to be banned. Also a publically funded fund needs to be set up for campaigns.
I think political campaigns is something that tax money should be spend on. Also if tax money is spend like water during campaigns maybe it might raise a few eyebrows. Instead of it being overrich people who have more money than they know what to do with.
A speech in the EU recently bashing US democracy said that there is a 2 billion dollar price ticket on the seat of president and I think that is very much true. You need to spend at least 2 billion to become president
Exactly. The USA is really a third world country the way politicians are allowed to be bought.
Then it is up to every patriotic American to work on getting those voters who vote for candidates that accept corporate funding
Bernie Sanders showed us it can be done. By repeatedly saying Not me US. Showing us that it must begin at the local and state levels first. We have a blueprint on how to do it so let's stop clutching our pearls and begin organizing groups in all 50 states. I have a small group in my state.
@@Detrumpificator4377 Bernie? Really? You mean the guy who bailed on us not once, but TWICE after collecting tons of donations? And for no other reason than because his good 'buddy' Obama (the self proclaimed "moderate republican") asked (more like threatened) him to do so. Yeah.. Great model for standing up to these people.
@@MrMarinus18No public funds should be used, period.
BOYCOTT AMAZON!
Been doing that for the past 8 years.
So difficult it would seem for so many though
Amazon sells the products of all smaller companies. It's a shipping service. Clean out the malls and stores of drug addicts and gangs and maybe people won't be afraid to go shopping in person.
I'd like to, but a boycott is really getting difficult by now.
Amazon
Tesla
Nestle
Oil
every product from
China, Russia or Italy because of their fascist governments.
(yes, china calls itself communist, but it isn't. It is fascist by criteria of fascism.)
Products from countries with the Sharia law.
No tourism to Muslim dictatorship countries.
@@flapjack413same
We The People need government for the people, not just the wealthy people
We the people need money even more than government!
The government needs to be the referee to ensure American prosperity lands in the hands of those who BUILT & DESERVE IT
Biden needs the house as well as the Senate he wants to stop all of corporation madness 😮
Republicans want to renew Trumps tax cuts at 1.8 BILLION more tax cuts for the rich and the 99% will have to pay more! Johnson is calling for a vote soon.
"For the people, by the people not at the expense of the people"!
We need to demand as a country that huge companies, are split up and need to increase unions.
Blue has endless dumb catch phrases like this but they are all ill conceived and never explained.
Repeal the Reagan tax cuts!!
Marginal income rates to 60%+ at least 👏👏👏🙏 The oligarchy is coming for us all and must be stopped. #TaxTheRich #SaveTheDream
Please do that! As a foreign citizen we would love if the rich folks move their business overseas!!!
@@nadominhocayou’re delusional if you think companies would completely leave a market as rich as the USA. Even if taxes went up. 😂
Boycott Starbucks, Trader Joe’s, and Amazon.
Dont forget Walmart.
And Tesla
I already do. Except Trader Joes. Haven't been to a Walmart either.
And all corporate media…….
I don’t shop at most of those, but what is your issue with them specifically? Did someone like Robert sell you some propaganda about them?
To keep their riches, yes, they would remove worker's rights unless we unionize and stop them.
They want non-rich slaves to do their work.
Exactly @@conniemcfalls4357
You want to stop them? Work somewhere else.
@@Silver-jv1us "Taylor is articulating the Patriotic Millionaires’ core message: a rigged economy is bad for everyone. The destabilizing effects of this rigging have left an entire nation feeling insecure and vulnerable. That insecurity often starts as malaise but morphs into something altogether unbearable as time goes on. Even as macroeconomic indicators show an indisputably rosy picture, it’s clear that workers themselves don’t feel like they’re experiencing economic boom times. On the contrary, they feel more squeezed than ever.
We are beginning to see the status quo buckle under the combined pressure of crippling inequality and a fundamentally rigged economy. The effects are all around us: extreme politics are on the rise, xenophobic scapegoating is rampant, and our institutions are in a state of utter paralysis, incapable of meeting the moment (or worse, co-opted by oligarchs).
But there is reason to be hopeful. The insecurity workers are experiencing - so incisively described by Taylor - has triggered an immune response in our body politic: organized labor is striking back." patrioticmillionaires.org/2023/08/24/economic-anxiety-and-the-labor-immune-response/
@@Silver-jv1usya cause that's easy
There is no rational reason for billionaires to even exist.
They need to keep that in mind.
You should have lived in the Soviet Union during their reign of power and terror. You might have learned something about communism and human nature.
@@perlman7376
Grow up princess and get up off your knees.
Took the words out of my mouth
@@perlman7376human nature ruins any system period. Capitalism isn't any better when the Uber wealthy are allowed to do whatever they want.
The industrial revolution was under capitalism. They had people working 7 days a week 12 hours a day often for wages that only just covered a bare minimum of living expenses and under very dangerous working conditions.
Unions and labor laws are necessary to keep ulra wealthy business owners in check in a capitalist environment.
@@olyokie How far did worshipping uncle joe and comrade reich get the US citizen? Trump believes in individual freedom as provided for by the US Constitution instead of creepy joe biden's "do as you are told or else" decree.
TAX the Rich 💵 TAX the Rich 💵 TAX the Rich 💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵
So it can be funneled into an ineffective, inefficient government never helping average people.
@@mmerkley402 probably , might trickle down when they pee on our heads . 🚿
@@mmerkley402 its better than going to grossly ineffective, and grossly inefficient private corporations of which you will see $0.00.
Furthermore, did you enjoy turning on your tap this morning? did you drive on a road? safely? suddenly "ineffective" doesn't seem so ineffective.
@@mmerkley402
How about that infrastructure bill that President Biden past. That is creating thousands of jobs and improving roads and bridges all across this country, removing lead pipes all across this country. Wouldn't it be great to spend more money on our environment.
And just for the record..
The wealthiest got huge tax cuts and has been raking in billions in profits the last three years and what did they do, they raise the cost of their products and made the products SMALLER. They are literally price gouging the people, the small businesses, the family owned businesses. So tax them and if they continue to raise prices demand more pay, they are nothing without the people. Also raise the cap on Social Security. It's ridiculous the wealthy pay only one hundred and sixty thousand a year the same as the regular people, and then collect the highest amount Social Security pay out, when they don't even need Social Security. Don't you think the wealthiest and corporations has enough perks.
@@grege5074all examples of things that barely work and getting worse.
Robert, having you as a companion in the struggle for justice is inspiring! Thank you!
Perfectly stated perfect. THANKYOU. More people should be exposed to our Robert.
One of my first jobs as a teenager was in a fast food sandwich restaurant. The person hiring me convinced me not to join a union while I was doing the on boarding paperwork. He told me that unions just take a bunch of money from you and don't do anything for you. I was a stupid, ignorant teenager and believed him. Months down the road one of the managers started making unwanted advances. I repeatedly rejected him. Then out of nowhere they started scheduling me during hours that I specified I couldn't work because of school. I told them multiple times those hours didn't work for me. I also stated my availability before they even hired me. Eventually I was fired for not showing up to my sheduled shift repeatedly. At the time, I shrugged it off and accepted that as a normal thing in life. Wish I knew the importance of a union back then.
That happened to me too.
That should be illegal. No employer should be allowed to even suggest employers not to join unions.
"unions just take a bunch of money from you and don't do anything for you"
Some unions are or were like that. This may be some rationale for government regulation.
@@renanfelipedossantos5913 "No employer should be allowed to even suggest employers not to join unions."
Think First Amendment here.
@@mjnyc8655Ask A real lawyer to explain it to you The first amendment protects you from The Government muzzling your right to speak it is not about your right not to have freedom of speech in the workplace...
There are already numerous examples of things that you employer cannot ask you or tell you!
Greed destroys everything.
These people are obscenely wealthy, yet it's never enough for them. If they treated their employees fairly, they'd have loyal workers and make as much money or more because most customers appreciate businesses that are good to their employees and their customers.
Some employers do just that, alas not all.
Maybe they weren’t hugged enough when they were growing up.
They want control and power.
@@mjnyc8655
A very small minority of them.
One nation indivisible with liberty and justice for sale.
My husband voluntarily paid double dues to the UAW because I benefitted from everything the union won for him. Even after retirement, he paid double. The UAW won us a good pension, excellent health care (including help with dental and vision care) and life insurance. The Uaw Retirees' Trust has been spun off as a separate entity, always ready with help for any problems we encounter. I'm afraid younger employees don't have this same level of benefits, but I hope future contracts can win them back, as unions regain strength.
No we don't.
I live in NC, and it hates unions
Should have done your own financial plan don’t rely on a union
Union is just corrupt gangsters
I hate unions so much
I'm now a retired (expat) professor in Denmark and am STILL a member of my union, since I moved here 23 years ago from Berkeley, CA.
There are more people living in the Bay Area than the entire nation of Denmark. I can't think of a less relevant country.
@@leobigelow7021 what's your point?
@@mbjasniewski And what's yours as well?
@@mbjasniewski thank you for clarifying. I first joined a union as a lab tech and was actually a shop steward. Then, after grad school and moving to Europe, I was encouraged to join the union when I was first hired as an associate Prof. At that level, you are still represented by the unions in salary negotiations. As a full Prof you negotiate on your own but I remained a member and continue to be in retirement because I believe in the movement.
I honestly don't know why a person wouldn't join a union.
Decades of propaganda and businesses disobeying the law, mostly.
Brainwashing from decades of anti-union messaging from the media and temporarily embarrassed millionaires. "that's socialism" "the unions haven't served their purpose in the 1950s" "joining a union will result in a loss of pay, due to union dues"
As someone who works IT and has seen major labour abuses, I shake my head when my peers break out these unprompted chestnuts.
In places like NYC it's very difficult to join unions. You can't get a job without being in the union and you can't get in the union without a job. They don't make it easy.
To keep greedy owners from screwing over / taking advantage of their employees!
@@michaelgreen5206they said "wouldn't"
Workers uniting for fair rights should do the trick. Workers are also customers in the economy. The fight will be tough, but necessary, and the results will be worth it.
Thank you for being a voice for labor!
We all need money to buy food and afford shelter. We now have that in America. Everyone has a cell phone. No one is denied health care. And no one is denied food. Why must everyone look at someone who has a Mercedes and want it taken away. This is all about envy.
@@mbjasniewski Go ask some Polish people what they thought of communism as opposed to how they live now.
@@perlman7376Aren't women and doctors getting jailed in Republican-run states for having abortions which are a medical right?
We're supposed to fear some authoritarian boogeyman that lives in your head when Republicans are doing their worst here at home?
In most communist countries, the government took control of what the mega-rich already and crushed ordinary people. We need capitalism but with effective unions, not communism.
@@perlman7376no one is begrudging a Mercedes owner. Those start at like 80k. They are everywhere. People begrudge the fact that someone has more wealth than small countries and still wants to take protections away from workers. You boot licking corporate shill.
These people (and I use the term lightly) will never have enough.😡
There's a hole in their souls. And, they are too stupid to realize throwing money and things thrown in there will never fill it.
The greed of these people is unreal!!!
When I started my career as an engineer at Ford in 1965, I was against unions. I soon realized that we all benefited from the actions of the UAW, and later supported and cheered on pickets at Ford. Your analysis is correct.
Aside from supporting unions, we also need to play the long game. Like Reich said, it could take years for this to reach the SCOTUS, and there are at least two justices that may not be long for this world. We need to have the WH and Senate in the hands of labor friendly politicians who will seat labor friendly justices.
GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE
BY THE PEOPLE. IT'S OUR RIGHT
Why is this still happening; I'm a 1960's guy where labor made made a stand so to speak; thankyou Mr R. the war continues. These rich basturds...oh Lord it's so wrong.
Rise up workers of America
They'll try. Oh, they'll try.
Excellent comment, Mr. Robert. You're absolutely right.
As a teacher, I am appalled at how many of my colleagues do not join our union
Because YOU know better right?!?
@@nadominhoca At least I know we are stronger together, and that the union has our backs. What’s your problem?
@@nadominhocawhat I know is you spend a lot of time commenting on Robert’s videos like a paid corporate boot licker.
Excellent presentation Thank you for your earnest, diligent, responsible, clever, humorous education of the importance of unions and the serious attack on the governmental protection of works. Wonderfully well done! Thank you very much !
We need to be part of a Union, always! Always!
There are more of us than there are of them.
All businesses owners should be taxed at 90% across the board.
This must be done to get things back in line like FDR did during his time.
Vote 💙 Democracy Never Autocracy in America 💙 🇺🇸 🙄!!!
Union yes☑️ The workers have the power. No need for money if there are no workers.
Unions ushered in the golden age of prosperity in America.
I don’t know which is worse? Back in the days unions allowed people to work for 30 years at the same company, which provides stability, and security . Now you’re lucky if you’re at a workplace for 5 years.
The tax breaks these clowns again are a crime if they had their way we would. Be working for free😢
"Will Billionaires Destroy Worker Rights?"
They have been doing this for forever.
Man Richard, I wish Pres. Biden would ask you to be on his staff or at the minimum be a key advisor! Love how you speak the truth & reality!🎉🎉🎉
They started doing that when they got Reagan elected.
Don't bother boycotting, it doesn't do much good. Calling your representative and voting for stronger laws. Putting up primaries against your representative that is voting corporate... That's how it gets changed.
It feels as though large corporations and conservatives are gutting every aspect of America.
While this is definitely a big issue, I'm more concerned with what AI is going to do to the economy worldwide. As more and more companies seek to replace workers with AI, the rich will get richer, and the middle and lower classes will become even poorer. How will anyone be able to afford to live when all of our jobs have been replaced with microprocessors? I really feel like it has the potential to turn the whole planet into a dystopian hell scape, as people have to take more and more drastic action just to survive. If anyone thinks crime is high right now, just imagine what it will be like when almost no one has a job anymore.
I agree. What’s the long plan on this accumulation of wealth??
It’s not like people wake up one day and say, hey, I wanna go live out on the streets, from here on out…They simply can’t afford to have a roof over their heads, & people act like its all because they don’t work hard enough or they are on drugs. Not true. Usually get on drugs after being down and out for so long to drown out the emptiness and suffering that has been overwhelming for them all.
What do they want us all to do????? What’s the plan. Gates communities, everyone else roaming around the cities. It’s sickening to see these billionaires have no empathy.
And of the players in the AI game there are two who are in the forefront named . . . . let me think.. . . oh yeh. . . . Musk and Bezos.
"Amazon's AI Stores Seemed Too Magical. And They Were" per Bloomberg, April 3, 2024.
Turns out some of these monied anti-unionists are hiring cheap labor outside the country when their AI doesn't work yet AI provides a smoke screen for hiring cheap labor.
And we know exactly what this current supreme court will do. They will happily bend the knee to these two. It's over already. We just don't know it yet.
Pass the PRO Act.
No matter how much they have, it will never be enough. Money does not make you happy. This country needs unions to put the American dream within reach for all of us.
I find it amazing that these corporations cry about how they apparently can't afford to pay their workers better wages, yet brag about record profits and spend an exorbiant amount of money on union busting and lobbying.
Wouldn't it be overall cheaper and less of a headache to just pay a decent wage and benefits?
...along with stock buybacks, lobbying and HUGE executive bonuses.
A great explanation about how unions work and how important this topic is in these times. It is pretty simple, folks: If we try to make everybodies life better, we make our OWN life better...
Robert... You and Sam really enriched my life so much already (watch more Dropout, people!!!! ;))... Thank you for fighting the good fight and showing people that compassion and caring for other people can lead to everybodies gain. Share these videos to make america a better place...
love how they made this video in the style of a boxing match, I support unions from Mexico.
Courageous. Thank you, Robert!!
What is the name/title of this case going before the Supreme Court?
New tax laws must be implemented
Stop buying from amazon!!! Send a Big message!!! I Do!!!😡😡😡
Unfortunately, Amazon provides a compassionate although imperfect service for disabled people or poor people in rural areas to bring them things they otherwise couldn't access so until there's something to replace Amazon service, boycotting won't work
Unionize the US.
Seems that the Pharaohs have resurrected themselves 😢
Commenting in support!
I have a question about unionization for my profession, which is sales. You see sales people have almost no job security or recourse when we are laid off, mainly because we get bs "executive" titles. I was curious if it would be possible to organize a union for tech sales or sales in general?
There's a history of that. I don't know if there's any current unions for sales, but there used to be a few for travelling salesmen. There's precedent.
@toulousegoose1150 I hadn't even thought of that as a precedent! Thank you 🙂
We need to tax anyone who has a GROSS, not net, worth of more than $1 billion at 85%!
Billionaires already did . We The People quit going to the malls because the rich nickled and dimed our money so we don't have the time or money to shop there .
UNIONS FOR ALL AMERICANS.
Shame on them
Great short, informative video.
Thank you Mr Reich.
Sounds like this is custom made for this SCOTUS. Regular workers can't get a break.
Maybe
Regarding SpaceX and Tesla employees: both companies pay employees stock in addition to salary as pay compensation.
Many employees have became rich and continue to work for those companies.
SCOTUS: "Well ... there's no workers unionization rights in the Constitution, so they don't exist. Oh, thank you for that new RV, Mr. Bezos."
Yet another whiny boy who couldn't pass High School Civics....The constitution is not the sum of all law...You need to take the Remedial Course...Or ask a real Lawyer....
Simply no one dumber or more gullible than a Poor Conservative Republican....Send your last dollar to the Begging Billionaire!
They're forgetting what the alternative to peaceful unionizing is...
AI and automation?
The term is violence
@@KenH60109 Violence, aren’t these the same peoples that complain about working 40 hours a week?
@@itsoktobehappy461 the fruits of that AI and automation hasn't been shared with the worker since 1971. Why would they start now?
@@AAjax Who said anything about sharing? If labor becomes difficult to work with, capitalists will replace them with technology if possible.
They can try putting their fair share in our tax system. Then we can work with that.
The love of money is the root of ALL evil just look at who the billionaires are.
Pay no taxes and boycott all big corporations. Revolution now!#$_&-;
Labor voice yes
Billionaire greed no
"The 1% are powerful, when the 99% are *organized* and *prepared* to fight they are way more powerful" ~ Bernie Sanders.
Companies don’t want humans. They want robots. People who are smart enough to work the machines and do the minimum amount of work necessary for the least amount of pay and respect. Any worker who does anything more than this gets ostracized and terminated for being different from what the company wants.
Search for "Tesla Optimus Gen 2".
Elon almost has his 24/7 robot workforce.
Machine repair and maintenance are viable professions.
I am proud to say I've NEVER used AMAZON.
Me neither...I dont shop online bc we need to support small businesses...I also never shop at Walmart...
EVERYTIME WE DO WE ARE SUPPORTING CHINA..(THEY WANT TO BE THE NEXT WORLD SUPERPOWER)
CHINA HAS NEVER BEEN OUR FRIEND...READ A BOOK
"THE 100 YEAR MARATHON..ITS ABOUT CHINAS AMBITION TO CRUSH US AND BECOME THE NEXT WORLD SUPERPOWER!! WE SHOULD BOYCOTT CORPS...ONE AT A TIME...BOYCOTTS WORK!! REMEMBER THE BEER COMPANY BOYCOTT? ENOUGH SAID!!🙏🙏🙏
Good stuff 👏 👍
I just shared this video with my union.
Channel GodChristLord: Thank you Dr. Reich. As I lived in the upper Midwest, one can see just how advanced and modernized that region is compared to other regions in the United States. Those are places where organized labor and labor unions took root.
Tax them at 98%.
Regardless of if the Supreme Court's decision or even it's legitimacy, workers have the power to refuse to work. Or to be the investment risk.
So they want to go back to a time when Labor Movement was quite militant? Well, if you see a good fight, get in on it! Union strong!
Spot on. Thank you!
Why do I need to be part of a union? If I don't like my pay, benefits, working environment, etc., I can just find another job. If too many employees are leaving, corporations have no option but to make changes. If employees are staying, that means they accept those conditions. Unions are unnecessary in a free market society.
Unions built the middle class and union busting helped kill it.
This SCOTUS never met a precedent that they weren't willing to overturn.
Only if workers don't stand up for themselves.... This is not rocket science!!!
"Labor" is a Cost Line Item on the Quarterly Reports; so corpo's will do anything to eliminate it: The Confederacy was devoted to it, in fact... 💀
Without fair wages ,etc the consumer side of the economy collapses. And wealth growth collapses also. In a perfect world of mutual respect unions would not be needed. But the world is not perfect and those addicted to greed have force labor to unite. This has been boiling for over 150 years. We cannot legislate greed nor morality but we can legislate safe and just working conditions and this includes part of a balance economy. The wealthy will always abuse everyone else to maintain and increase their wealth. Hence we need a Democrat party and organized labor as part of the balance. And labor and all have to be regulated because the group as a whole will never be nice just because. Voter without a working knowledge of history is not an informed voter.
The rich won't need your dollars as a consumer if they already have all of it.
It's extraordinary that so many working people actually vote against their own interests, by electing politicians that support the rich getting richer, and policies that erode the welfare of average citizens. In effect, it is the antithesis of democracy.
Thank you.
Thank you!
It's not just organized labor you would support but freedom of speech, freedom to assemble and under the constitution, all men are created equal with the inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness. What is your goal as a person of great wealth in our country and world? That is, if this is a legit argument and these are the feelings of Bezos & Musk. Is the interpetation that one mans happiness may be greater than another and ..................? I support the idea that when we want to speak up for an unfair way of life, we are not threatened to be some how punished or deferred from voicing and acting in our interest as a people. I've never been in a union but have a little understanding of it.
I will stop shopping at Amazon if he doesn't stop this attack. Where to shop online?
How often have you heard a politician say something about getting back to the golden age of the 50's? They mean the 1850's.
If this keeps going on the French Revolution will come to America
Only with government help.
FL&TX are leading in trying to make sure people are sick or dying on the job. Pretty stingy about keeping people alive off the job, too
The French invented a machine in 1789 that fixes this problem in a snap!, or I should say a CHOP 😊
🙋♀️💖Robert Reich
Yes
My question is ever since Roe versus wade was ruled unconstitutional because the people didn’t vote on it why haven’t States such as New York, California, Oregon, Washington state and Massachusetts decided to end churches tax exempt status because the people didn’t vote on. It decided to write legislation and pass it through? Let’s end tax exempt status for the church.