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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by tehjoker on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @03:37PM (#34432719)
The free market so called allows foreign companies to undermine African countries native industries and set wage floors at the global minimum. A global minimum wage with a system of cooperation and technology transfer and nationalization of companies would massively benefit workers the world over.
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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by lolinder on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @03:46PM (#34432843)
... except for in places like Nigeria and Kenya, because if there were a global minimum wage then companies would hire in countries that are more stable and predictable.
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