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Re:How cheap, outsourced labour in Africa is shaping AI English by renewiltord on Monday June 10, 2024 @12:37PM (#40635367)
Workers use that word when they can't use the word 'scab'. It's just a means for labour to control employment.
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Re:How cheap, outsourced labour in Africa is shaping AI English by barfbagginus on Monday June 10, 2024 @01:32PM (#40635933)
God forbid that labor would control itself
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Re:How cheap, outsourced labour in Africa is shaping AI English by renewiltord on Monday June 10, 2024 @02:25PM (#40636533)
Of course everyone wants to assert power and control over things. Some groups of labour want to ensure that other labour cannot get compensated. That's a fundamental part of unionization: preventing others from working. I think it's good for us to talk about these as they are: power struggles between factions.
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Re:How cheap, outsourced labour in Africa is shaping AI English by barfbagginus on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @11:59PM (#40665801)
Why you got to make workers rights sound sinister?
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