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posted by martyb on Tuesday September 17 2019, @06:58AM   Printer-friendly
from the that's-sick dept.

National grocery chain Whole Foods, which is owned by multibillion-dollar corporation Amazon, is cutting medical benefits for hundreds of part-time employees, Business Insider reported today. The decision, according to the company, is designed "to better meet the needs of our business and create a more equitable and efficient scheduling model," a Whole Foods spokesperson told BI.

[...] Whole Foods claims that the percentage of its workforce that'll be affected by the cost-cutting measure, and therefore no longer eligible to purchase employer-provided health care, is less than 2 percent. (That equates to nearly 2,000 people.) One affected employee, who's worked for Whole Foods for 15 years, told BI they were "in shock," as the company's benefits options were why they held on to the job.

Ironically:

Last month, Amazon joined a number of other tech companies and Fortune 500 firms in signing a letter outlining the purpose of a corporation as something not just designed to return shareholder value, but also to serve employees and the community. "Each of our stakeholders is essential," the pledge read. "We commit to deliver value to all of them, for the future success of our companies, our communities and our country."

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/13/20864636/amazon-whole-foods-medical-benefits-part-time-workers-jeff-bezos


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday September 17 2019, @05:28PM (1 child)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday September 17 2019, @05:28PM (#895275) Journal

    You mean that strongly worded letter he signed about placing humans before profit was bullshit?

    Whelp, they had their chance, time to start REGULATING!

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  • (Score: 2) by black6host on Tuesday September 17 2019, @11:14PM

    by black6host (3827) on Tuesday September 17 2019, @11:14PM (#895401) Journal

    Rather than "regulating", which I'm not keen on but do see it as a necessary evil from time to time, how about ORGANIZING. People do have the power to force change without having to wait for someone else (politicians) to wade through the bullshit that goes with regulation.

    I'm aware that organization is not easy. Neither is not having adequate healthcare. Or wages, etc. At some point people are going to have to say they've had enough. I guess many corporations are willing to see how far they can go before that happens. It's a damned shame as far as I'm concerned. When the pain to stay the same is greater than the pain to change then we'll see some action. Who will feel that level of pain first? Workers or companies?