Antiwork

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We're trying to improving working conditions and pay.
We're trying to reduce the numbers of hours a person has to work.
We talk about the end of paid work being mandatory for survival.

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I guess this should set the minimum wage, right? (feddit.de)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Fucking rich kids

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I'm not really grasping this... as in they want no minimum wage?

I don't see the problem here, say minimum wage is 30 an hour (crazy excessive hypothetical one), The union can just as easilly negotiate that Much easier safer jobs are 30/hr, which means our guys aren't going to take a cent under 50/hr.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

In reality, the state bureocrats have no idea what an appropriate wage should be per industry and individual companies. Even in the best (but still bad) case that they will settle on a rather high amount, political pressure will always ensure that this is inflated or otherwise regulated away ( for example by cutting employer health contributions or such) and as a result minimum wages always result in convenient excuses for employers to pay less then an honest negotiation with a union would have resulted in.