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Why is Corporate America Decimating White-Collar Workers?
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 Feb. 11, 2026 | JUST CAUSE | “Decimation” was a strategy used in ancient Rome to improve military performance — by brutally slaughtering 10 percent of soldiers in a unit. As the saying goes, history isn’t exactly repeating itself, but it is rhyming with Amazon’s move to slash 10 percent of its white-collar workforce in a desperate attempt to boost margins. [And UPS,] in their most recent earnings call — moments after announcing profits of $7.9 billion for 2025 — the package giant’s executives bragged to investors about laying off white-collar workers and snickered about its illegal buyout programs aimed at rank-and-file Teamsters. The actions of Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and UPS CEO Carol Tomé are disgraceful, and they are repeating the worst excesses of the corporate vultures responsible for deindustrializing the American economy… Full story at Just Cause
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