It's not a labor shortage – it's a wage and workers rights shortage

Re:It's not a labor shortage – it's a wage and workers right... by throwawaylinux on Monday September 06, 2021 @07:37AM (#28432706)

Small businesses have notoriously high rates of failure, restaurants seem like a huge risk with pretty modest possible reward. My guess is you'd be more likely to get rich being a pro athlete than as a restaurant owner.

Yet they get treated like evil "fat cats" by a certain section of the intelligentsia. Many of whom simultaneously believe global mega corporations who profit from wars and dictatorships, avoid paying taxes, bust unions, use slave labor, and buy politicians and influence elections are noble justice warriors. It's really strange.

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Re:It's not a labor shortage – it's a wage and workers right... by urthor on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @07:13PM (#28464218)

This pretty much.

Small business that doesn't make much money, doesn't pay its workers much, and requires a lot of exploitation to keep the doors open.

Now the workers are leaving and those businesses are going bust.

It's capitalism at work, but it hurts if you run a not so profitable pizza joint.

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Re:It's not a labor shortage – it's a wage and workers right... by rualca on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @06:31PM (#28450710)

> Small businesses have notoriously high rates of failure (...) Yet they get treated like evil "fat cats" (...)

A small business can still be exploiting workers with abusive labour and business practices.

If your business model relies on working your employees to death while paying close to nothing then, regardless it's a golden goose or a money pit, then you have no right to complain that you're being held accountable for exploiting and abusing workers. Moreso, you have absolutely no right to complain that the job market rejects your exploitation.

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Re:It's not a labor shortage – it's a wage and workers right... by throwawaylinux on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @08:25PM (#28451477)

I didn't imply it couldn't.

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