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    2 days ago

    “We were kind of concerned for him at first, you know, so I don’t know, a lot of anger too, I guess. We lost our jobs – that, he did that to everyone. He put everyone in that position,” Montero said

    Nope. He didn’t fire you. Your boss fired you. They could have arranged alternative work at a temp warehouse nearby or called up their capitalist buddies at other warehouses to work out a way for you all to keep your job. Your boss, of course, didn’t do any of that and insurance will cover a big part of the losses anyway, so it’s just a temporary setback on their part that they willingly made more consequential on yours.

    This will always be the outcome until the historic means of ensuring workers rights are resumed.