Breaking news: in one of the most productive countries / economies in the entire history of humanity, the majority of people creating that productivity do not get to enjoy the rewards of that productivity.

same as it ever was.

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Unions.

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I give 1% to my union. My pay is ~10% better than it would be if we didn’t have it, and management gets in huge trouble if they mistreat workers. And by trouble, I mean they fired a manager when they scheduled a worker over their lunch break.

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Damn, I could sure use that at Amazon…

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And violence.

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Wow great comment. Thanks for contributing

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You know, as time goes on, your derision just outs you for the bootlicker that you are.

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So you still live paycheck to paycheck, except now you have to trust someone else to negotiate on your behalf instead of negotiating yourself

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negotiating yourself

Collective action is the only way to get even remotely close to a fair wage.

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If one person quits they shrug and hire some other shmuck. If everyone quits, they have a problem. Good luck negotiating that way.

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I guess it depends on the industry. Replaceable production line workers following processes that haven’t been automated yet are different from say engineers designing the production line

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“instead of negotiating”

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Negotiating collectively is the only way to negotiate with a Capitalist. Individually, you are a replaceable cog, collectively you’re the machine.

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If you’re living paycheck to paycheck it stands to reason that your negotiating position isn’t very good.

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Epic fail. Super weak attempt at “logic”.

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