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Re:To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider Janitors by FLUX-YOU on Sunday September 03, 2017 @11:01AM (#15161757)
But if the outsourcing companies were providing opportunities on their own, their employees could afford classes, living expenses and work on skills to eventually work at Apple.

Apple gets quality janitors and security guards while paying the outsourcing company more.

The outsourcing companies are the actual ones running the race to the bottom. Stop that, and Apple will have to reconsider (at which point, we get to argue all over again if their new solution is morally acceptable)

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Re:To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider Janitors by BeetleB on Sunday September 03, 2017 @11:15AM (#15161834)
>Apple gets quality janitors and security guards while paying the outsourcing company more.

I suspect Apple will then go and find another contracting company.

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Re:To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider Janitors by FLUX-YOU on Sunday September 03, 2017 @11:22AM (#15161867)
All of them would have to obey minimum pay regulation. If Apple knowingly hires a company violating that law, then absolutely go after them. If loopholes come from that regulation, then that has to be fixed too.
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Re:To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider Janitors by stevenwoo on Sunday September 03, 2017 @11:51AM (#15162058)
For someone who works on site at Apple in Cupertino, the minimum wage is not a liveable wage, even with four or eight to an apartment. We could try a per zip code minimum wage, that would even raise teachers' salaries, then we'd need a per zip code tax for public employees. Or some other solution. http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/22/in-costly-bay-area-eve...
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