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ck4829

(34,971 posts)
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 09:26 AM Jun 2022

I think it's time to end the concept of cheap/"unskilled" labor

I don't want one of these "precious lives" to just end up as some interchangeable cog of meat in an uncaring and unfair economic system that serves to exist the pleasures of billionaires, and nobody wants that, right?

So this is a very rough draft that I'm just spitting out here so please bear with me:

I think that if you're employing over a hundred people and you're not:
* Paying 100% of your employees well over the minimum wage (150% maybe?)
* Giving robust and generous benefits (Healthcare, vacation, sick leave, maternity leave, bereavement, tuition reimbursement, commuting reimbursement, etc.)
* Providing 100% of your employees with opportunities for growth in terms of wage, position, and personal development

Then you are simply not entitled to:
* Subsidies
* Tax cuts
* Government contracts
* Non-compete clauses
* Putting up job ads in government job assistance portals
* And more


And we don't need to wait for a bill to pass, this doesn't need to be a far off dream, we don't need to say "But we don't have the votes", we can start on some of these things today.

Can I show you something?

Link

This a job description that simply should not exist IMHO, it's down to half a dozen now, it used to be a hundred on any given day. You want to know the reason why it's down to half a dozen now?

... Hi.

So don't tell me there's nothing we can do, because that would be lying to my face and denying my personal experiences.

No more "cheap labor"
No more "unskilled labor"
I don't want to hear these things and "greatest economy", "billionaires", "superpower", etc. in the same sentence or in the same paragraph for that matter. I didn't want to hear it yesterday, not today, and definitely not tomorrow.

I'm done with these contradictions. You should be too.
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I think it's time to end the concept of cheap/"unskilled" labor (Original Post) ck4829 Jun 2022 OP
So run for office, get elected and enact your agenda. comradebillyboy Jun 2022 #1
Oh, I am not electable, and I have no illusions that I am ck4829 Jun 2022 #2
+1 ancianita Jul 2022 #6
I agree that public policy should encourage growth of human capital. David__77 Jun 2022 #3
Thank you, yes ck4829 Jun 2022 #4
Why limit it to only employers with over a 100 employees? MichMan Jun 2022 #5

ck4829

(34,971 posts)
2. Oh, I am not electable, and I have no illusions that I am
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 09:37 AM
Jun 2022

But I think non-lawmakers are allowed to have ideas and do things too, right?

MichMan

(11,778 posts)
5. Why limit it to only employers with over a 100 employees?
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 10:59 AM
Jun 2022

That leaves out a substantial number of workers.

Everybody else deserves to work for poverty wages and benefits?

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