Re:Amazon warehouse workers stage first-ever strike in the UK
by ben_w on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @11:54AM
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Perhaps it should. The UK has both low unemployment and also a cost-of-living crisis, which implies (to me, I'm not an economist) that labour is underpaid locally compared to other economic inputs.
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Re:Amazon warehouse workers stage first-ever strike in the UK
by rjh29 on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @12:34PM
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It also has a relatively high minimum wage (compared to the US) and high employment tax and lots of pro-employee regulations. Hiring people is very expensive for employers here, even if _average_ salaries are low.
The cost of living is not just related to salary but also energy being 3x more expensive than usual, house prices, food prices going up 30%, Brexit, etc.
Re:Amazon warehouse workers stage first-ever strike in the UK
by iso1210 on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @12:35PM
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Either that or due to political restrictions preventing more housing being built, land is overvalued.
Any increase in wages is taken by landlords who increase the rent. The competition for a house isn't the next door house, it's not living in the city at all.