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Re:Poultry Workers in Diapers as Bathroom Breaks Denied, Oxf... by bko on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @05:06PM (#11679265)
The article doesn't say but I imagine many of these workers are pushing up against the minimum wage. If the minimum wage is above the market wage for unskilled labor, other dignities are denied to the workers. There is plenty of non-monetary compensation workers enjoy, including free coffee, generous vacation, and yes bathroom breaks. When employers are forced to pay more that the market wage in monetary terms, they compensate by removing other benefits.
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Re:Poultry Workers in Diapers as Bathroom Breaks Denied, Oxf... by PascalsMugger on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @06:43PM (#11679979)
Bathroom breaks are not a form of compensation any more than than breathable air is a form of compensation. They are bare necessitates of life. That kind of thinking is what leads to this kind of dystopian shit.
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Re:Poultry Workers in Diapers as Bathroom Breaks Denied, Oxf... by mywittyname on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @05:20PM (#11679406)
If the company could get away with paying their workers $1/day, the would do it and still make them wear diapers.

Unions are good at solving these kind of problems.

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