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Slide 2 says it all: business model = speed, innovation, customer obsession.

Worker safety not only isn't priority #1 -- it's completely absent !!!

Let alone the broader concept of employee "well-being."

Think about it: large employers of course optimize employee happiness and turnover ("regrettable losses"). Like Henry Ford reducing parts cost until the car breaks down uniformly [1], companies like Amazon and Walmart reduce pay/benefits and working conditions, until they cannot recruit enough workers.

This is why we have labor laws and why unions exist.



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