[jonjacky]

Another echo from those old days: this news about Amazon was broken by a writer named Lauren Gurley.

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was a famous union organizer who fought the Pinkertons more than a hundred years ago.

Coincidentally, the new novel The Cold Millions by Jess Walter portrays Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and the Pinkertons in Spokane in 1909.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gurley_Flynn

(A quick search shows Lauren Gurley is a prolific writer on labor issues but doesn't mention any connection to the earlier Gurley - the names might be just a coincidence)

[mattalbie]

Are you reading the book? Do you like it?

[jonjacky]

Yes, I am about midway through right now and I do like it.

Imagine my reaction this morning when I saw that the top story on HN was about Pinkerton union busting - reported by a writer named Gurley!