Recent orders
Labor Relations
Name
Professor’s name
Course
Date
Labor Relations
In my opinion, large multinational organizations such as Amazon should allow their workers to join unions. While the move proves advantageous to employees and disadvantageous to employers, it is a necessary step that must be undertaken. To this date, Amazon has managed to fight attempts made by its workers to unionize it. The main reason Amazon should consider allowing its employees to unionize is that employees should be placed in a negotiating position where it pertains to their welfare. Joining unions is necessary as it places employees in a position to secure improved pay, expansive leave options, and better medical benefits. Additionally, unions are helpful to employees as they push for equal treatment and anti-discrimination policies. Currently, there are various unionizing efforts that are underway.
As an employer, Amazon has always fought against the unionizing of its employees as it places them at a disadvantage. The e-commerce giant, Amazon, employs up to 750, 000 workers across states in its transportation operations. The giant fears that workers would hold more power than them if unionized. Unions tend to hold power, and if unregulated, they can quickly push the company into bankruptcy. It is estimated that every 1% of frontline workers that unionizes at Amazon has the potential to cause a $150 million increment in annual operating expenses (Boewe and Johannes, 12). This means that if all employees joined unions, they would hold more cards than the company itself. This explains why Amazon is always actively dissuading employees from joining unions. In essence, unions have the power to disrupt the already established control that Amazon has over its delivery and warehouse employees.
Works Cited
Boewe, Jörn, and Johannes Schulten. “The long struggle of the Amazon employees.” Rosa Luxemburg (2017).
Reflection of Jailbird Netflix Series
Name
Professor’s name
Course
Date
Reflection of Jailbird Netflix Series
Jailbird is a 2019 Netflix documentary-style series centering on the life of a group of female and male prisoners in Sacramento County’s main jail. Some cast members include Tayler Coatney, Monster, Drea, Yasmin Sundermeyer, and Rebecca Temme. The film depicts life behind bars for incarcerated females, their love life, and their fight for power and one another as they try to make the best of their unforgiving jail life.
What surprised me the most while watching this film was the body search inmates go through while being processed into the jail. Yasmin is a 19-year-old inmate that has been arrested on carjacking charges. Her bail was set at $100,000, and since she could not raise the bail money, she was processed as she awaited arraignment in court. I was taken aback by the officer asking her to remove all her clothes, part-open her vagina, and cough three times. Not that I have ever been prosecuted before, but I have never seen anything like it before. I understand that conducting a thorough search is necessary as inmates have the habit of sneaking in drugs and weapons in the most unexpected areas like the vagina. Still, I felt it was a complete violation of privacy. I cannot imagine how inmates must feel having to strip naked to complete strangers. On the brighter side, at least the officer that carries out the search is a woman.
I learned a lot about jail procedures by watching this docu-series. I had little information about how the American bail system works. If an offender cannot raise the court-determined bail by themselves, they have the option to use a private bail bond company. I did not know this before watching this series. I have also learned that parole officers play a huge role in determining the release of inmates.
Regarding the environment and culture of jail, I have learned that inmate behavior plays a huge role in determining the section of jail they will stay in. Jail’s classification includes general population, administrative segregation (ad-seg), out-of-pocket, messy, lockdown, to protective study. There is a huge culture of rule violation and fights in jail. There is also a culture of toilet talking, fishing, and dating between male and female inmates. Inmates meet and talk over toilets as the systems tend to be connected. They even go to the extent of sending drugs, snacks and other items through the toilets. There is also a culture of payback where inmates take revenge on counterparts that snitch on them for having drugs and brewing alcohol (pruno).
It must be a horrible experience to be inside a jail facility as an inmate. Being locked up in a tiny cell for hours on end with an inmate whom one is not familiar with is terrifying. The worst part is not being able to see and talk to my loved ones as often as I would like. Undoubtedly, losing freedom is a blow. It can cripple people and affect their mental health significantly. The worst part is serving time and not knowing exactly when one will become free again and reconnect with their loved ones.
To improve jail facilities for both inmates and staff, federal and state governments should adopt better approaches to inmate rehabilitation and reformations. The introduction of life-skill programs in jail would do them good. They can be taught skills such as coding and website development or other courses. The inmates would find something better to do with their time rather than starting fights and picking off each other. This would reduce fights among inmates making it easy for them to maintain overwatch. This way, both members of staff and inmates will have less stress to deal with in jail.
Is Social Media Really Important Today
Name
Professor’s name
Course
Date
Is Social Media Really Important Today?
It goes without saying that social media is rather important today. Nowadays, the world has increasingly become dependent on social media. It is difficult to come across people who are not on social media or employ it daily. Initially, social media was more of a communication tool, but its use has become limitless over the years. While social media has its fair share of advantages, it also comes with disadvantages.
One of the reasons social media is important today is that it has become a tool for promotion and advertising. People are now using various social media platforms, including Tiktok, Instagram, Reddit, Snapchat, Facebook, and WhatsApp to market products and services to potential clients. The reason is that social media has made the world to become more connected. The next client is a click away, seeing that more than 70% of the world population is online. Another reason social media is necessary today is that it serves as a source of the latest information and updates. The emergence of the internet and social media made the world a global village. Social media is the fastest way of passing news across the world. In the event of catastrophes such as epidemics and wars, social media platforms such as Twitter come in handy in passing real-time updates to people in different parts of the world. For instance, in the case of the ongoing global pandemic, social media played a key role in preventing even greater global health problems. Social media came in handy in passing accurate information on how to stay safe and manage the condition if the need arose. Additionally, social media has proved beneficial in sensitizing people about important life issues such as racism and police brutality. Had it not been for social media, movements such as the Black Lives Movement would not be as renowned today. While social media has its fair share of disadvantages, its benefits to society today outweigh the disadvantages.