TheOubliette
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- Comment on Shein Hikes Prices by Up to 377% Thanks to Trump’s Tariffs War 1 week ago:
This is just pricing in the cost of tariffs for the consumer. Rather than pay a fee at customs and be surprised that your $40 order is actually $120 after tariffs and fees a week after you placed it, they estimate it and try to pay it for you. This is because the items come directly from China, cutting out the need for a
leechmiddleman to warehouse it and take profit off the top.Similar price hikes are coming for the things you buy. Or even larger ones. This is not limited to Shein at all. There eill just be a delay while the warehouses sell out all of their inventory.
- Comment on Shein Hikes Prices by Up to 377% Thanks to Trump’s Tariffs War 1 week ago:
Temu has a lot of overlap with standard, decent items you will find at large online retailers. They just cut out a few middlemen.
And they didn’t really raise prices, they just priced in the tariff costs so buyers aren’t surprised during the customs period.
PS this is going to hit all imports from China. It’s just going to take longer to be so obvious due to the need to empty warehouses first.
- Comment on USA | Trump threatens to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on first day in office 5 months ago:
American decline speedrun bby
- Comment on Microsoft fires employees who organized vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza 6 months ago:
Employers in the US often include “morality clauses” that mean they can fire you because they deem you to be harming the reputation of the company due to behavior outside of work.
More importantly than “the rules”, though, US employers can fire you for basically any reason they want and then just lie about it. Nobody is going to force them to be truthful. Not even if they are union busting. The Biden-Harris NLRB, which the president dragged his feet staffing and staffed with wet blankets, has even upheld the Trump NLRB Electrolux decision - and the vast majority of people never get to the point of launching a lawsuit that would be relevant, as it costs tens of thousands of dollars.
If you want power in the workplace you need to organize a union competently and develop capacity real leverage (direct action, community support, naming and shaming).