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Re:Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama by francilien on Friday April 09, 2021 @04:23PM (#26755627)
Lidl in Germany has a minimum starting salary of 12,50€ per hour. With other benefits like 30 days of vacation.

https://jobs.lidl.de/lidl-als-arbeitgeber/mindesteinstiegslo...

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Re:Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama by flavius29663 on Friday April 09, 2021 @05:35PM (#26756498)
so...that's about 15 dollars. Do you consider them to be slaves too?
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Re:Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama by tangjurine on Saturday April 10, 2021 @02:29AM (#26759421)
30 days of vacation... With that many their effective hourly wage goes up 10-15%. How many vacation days do you think amazon workers get? The parent post might consider amazon warehouse workers to be slaves, but that is likely more due to the harsh working conditions rather than their pay.
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