points by dang 6 years ago

A few minutes with HN Search gave me these threads about Amazon warehouse workers. I'm sure there have been others.

I do not mean this as a dismissal of the issue! It's an important issue that workers be treated fairly. The question I'm talking about is much narrower: what do we do on Hacker News with MOTs (major ongoing topics) like this one? They will dominate the site entirely if allowed to (along with indignation-inducing posts generally). We can't simply let them go unmoderated—that would turn HN into a completely different kind of site, and not the kind that people currently come here for.

Amazon employees plan ‘online walkout’ to protest treatment of warehouse workers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22900119 - April 2020 (135 comments)

Amazon fires two UX designers critical of warehouse working conditions - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22868054 - April 2020 (380 comments)

Dear Jeff Bezos, instead of firing me, protect your workers from coronavirus - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22770092 - April 2020 (132 comments)

Leaked Amazon memo details plan to smear fired warehouse organizer - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22763057 - April 2020 (131 comments)

Amazon begins temperature checks and will provide surgical masks at warehouses - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22759575 - April 2020 (213 comments)

Amazon fires worker who led strike over virus - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22738592 - March 2020 (345 comments)

Amazon warehouse workers are walking out and Whole Foods workers are striking - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22736512 - March 2020 (76 comments)

Amazon fires warehouse worker who led strike for more coronavirus protection - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22733938 - March 2020 (9 comments)

Amazon, Instacart delivery workers strike for coronavirus protection and pay - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22729819 - March 2020 (276 comments)

Amazon raises overtime pay for warehouse workers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22647605 - March 2020 (226 comments)

Amazon to hire 100k warehouse and delivery workers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22597200 - March 2020 (318 comments)

Hundreds of workers defy Amazon rules to protest company's climate failures - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22167858 - Jan 2020 (65 comments)

Amazon threatened to fire employees for speaking out on climate, workers say - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21939451 - Jan 2020 (87 comments)