"If a worker scans the QR code and clicks the link, Amazon’s software automatically generates a letter from the worker and then emails it to the trade union, ending their membership."
The innovation will continue until morale improves :goose_bonk:
[This from the very excellent Foxglove Legal's latest newsletter. Foxglove aren't on Fedi (yet?), but are on the web at https://www.foxglove.org.uk]
@m Well, Amazon still have a long (?) way to go.
It is still not mandatory to scan these codes and click the links.
Waiting when it will be mandatory to click such link to use canteen and get dinner, or to open a door or a room.
@m unions should respond by not unilaterally accept these auto-generated emails but rather follow up with the member by phone to confirm, and potentially get the member more engaged.
One could argue that this impedes article 23 of the UDHR ("Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests") by inserting themselves between the worker and the union. Hopefully, this will have legal ramifications for Amazon.
@Frances_Larina@m I don’t trust anyone 100% (including myself). I will scan/click a QR code under the same conditions I would visit a web link someone sent me by text. Is there more danger specifically from QR codes that I’m not seeing?
@Frances_Larina@m I see what you mean but also people send shortened links like https://cl.gy/tbCSd to valid stuff — when I scan a QR code at least I have to tap on a text bubble with the link URL itself displayed (which admittedly could still be a shortener).
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