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Re:Let’s Use Hard Science to Help Tech Companies Advance Women by droidist2 on Friday August 18, 2017 @01:15AM (#15043766)
> Having more jobs than people means that the workers have the upper hand in wage negotiations. They always have another option.

Businesses would never let this happen though, they would just lobby the government to let them bring in more workers from other countries until they have the upper hand again. The third world has virtually an endless supply.

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Re:Let’s Use Hard Science to Help Tech Companies Advance Women by PeterisP on Friday August 18, 2017 @02:15AM (#15043982)
It's naturally that they'll lobby the government for that, but it doesn't mean that they should or will succeed in that, after all, the (current) workers have all the votes that politicians want.
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Re:Let’s Use Hard Science to Help Tech Companies Advance Women by mjevans on Friday August 18, 2017 @01:58AM (#15043916)
Isn't that exactly what 'fixing' the visa situation about? (Also, this is why I'm for giving those foreign workers on visas an easier route to becoming /citizens/ instead; and getting rid of indentured servitude visas.)
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Re:Let’s Use Hard Science to Help Tech Companies Advance Women by pkaye on Friday August 18, 2017 @01:53AM (#15043900)
Businesses are run by people. Someone right here could choose to start a business and give the workers whatever they want in their wage negotiations. The question is can you do it sustainably.
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