Re:Wealth doesn't trickle down – it just floods offshore, re...
by fucking_tragedy on Sunday April 10, 2016 @01:42PM
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What would help equal the playing field in negotiations is if the potential employee had the backing of a union to enforce a fairer contract.
A single laborer vs a well-monied and well-lawyered corporation is not a fair negotiation. See Apple & Google colluding to keep wages down for software engineers.
Union contracts with employers could also ease the damage to the middle and lower classes done by automation.
> Sam Walton didn't start out being rich.
Sam Walton is an outlier. His actions are responsible for driving down the wages and benefits of a sizable number of people and making them dependent on government services for what should be be provided by their employer.
A single laborer vs a well-monied and well-lawyered corporation is not a fair negotiation. See Apple & Google colluding to keep wages down for software engineers.
Union contracts with employers could also ease the damage to the middle and lower classes done by automation.
> Sam Walton didn't start out being rich.
Sam Walton is an outlier. His actions are responsible for driving down the wages and benefits of a sizable number of people and making them dependent on government services for what should be be provided by their employer.