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Re:Wal-Mart Tells Workers: Don’t Download Labor Group’s Chat... by vacri on Sunday November 20, 2016 @03:54PM (#13001152)
When economies of scale have allowed Walmart to drive all the other shops out of business in your town, and you need to earn money to live, you don't exactly have a fair bargaining position as an employee.

Do you seriously believe that any of the floor staff at Walmart have been able to negotiate a separate wage for themselves?

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Re:Wal-Mart Tells Workers: Don’t Download Labor Group’s Chat... by randomdata on Sunday November 20, 2016 @03:57PM (#13001170)
> you don't exactly have a fair bargaining position as an employee.

Sure you do. You can choose exactly what you want out of the deal. That's also the problem.

> Do you seriously believe that any of the floor staff at Walmart have been able to negotiate a separate wage for themselves?

No, which is why we advocate removing the fairness. Fair does not equal good. Fair is what leads to this situation.

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