OUR Amazonone of today’s leading technology giants, specializes in retail as well as electronic commerceaccording to Ken Clippenstein, for interception, had a number of forbidden words for his employees. With this information (obtained from leaked internal documents), the company will develop application that would serve as a chat for employees.

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The main goal will bereduce friction between workers“. Or, as a company spokesman says, Barbara M. Agrate:

However, in practice, the application will restrict some keywords, for example: “living wage”, “toilets”, “justice”, “harassment” as well as “Syndicate”. Amazon has denied the allegations, but the alleged banned terms can be seen in this Twitter post:

Other more understandable blocks, such as name-calling and insults, have been inserted into context. The case came at a vague moment for a transnational corporation, because after several unsuccessful attempts, Warehouse workers in New York approved the formation of the first mega-corporation union. In 2021, according to Interception, $4.3 million were invested in hiring anti-union consultants.

Workers sought to unite after condemning possible violations of labor rights and accidents at work. According to the media, the founders of the Amazon union would have been fired and intimidated.

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Source: revistaforum.com.br, techdoxx.com, engadget.com, theintercept.com