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Blue_true

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16. The fact that some workers are better off on unemployment should be

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Wed May 12, 2021, 07:26 PM

May 2021

a ringing indictment of capitalism as practiced in this country. An some red state governors are cutting the payments to try to send people back to “work”. Incidentally, they are the same ones that have been poor in response to SARS-COV-2.

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"Dear Employers: Stop Acting So Entitled and Raise Your Wages" [View all] orleans May 2021 OP

I wish I could rec this more than once /nt wackadoo wabbit May 2021 #1

Great article! ShazzieB May 2021 #2

HR is part of the problem zipplewrath May 2021 #3

HR is the problem. roamer65 May 2021 #4

Hear, hear! smirkymonkey May 2021 #15

Did they say which nation.... SergeStorms May 2021 #10

employer 's think about their bottom lines - not employee's!! monkeyman1 May 2021 #5

Until I see "job creators" passing out from exhaustion at businesses, there is no shortage. Moostache May 2021 #6

Wasa matter you???? Mustellus May 2021 #7

Pay a living wage. WVreaper May 2021 #8

If an employer can't afford to pay a living wage. Magoo48 May 2021 #14

80% of restaurants food is gross.. mshasta May 2021 #9

Free market. Give them an incentive or shut the hell up. paleotn May 2021 #11

Employers and HRs: You Get What You Pay For. . . DinahMoeHum May 2021 #12

Chipolte figured it out Deminpenn May 2021 #13

The fact that some workers are better off on unemployment should be Blue_true May 2021 #16

The employers being typified here want it both ways. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #17