“But, if I pay other people more, I get less, and my yacht won’t fuel itself! Think of my wife unable to get liposuction and collagen injections. She’ll lose her perfect ratio! Why won’t anyone think about the millionaires?”
The food people eat in the US is not the normal food that we eat. You see most people in the US hate themselves and hate others.
The only way the world will be a better place is by stop following US media.
Every law that is written has loopholes (whether intentional or not). The people who those laws affect exploit those loopholes to their advantage.
Laws are made up and easily ignored, sidestepped, weakened, etc.
Employers would pay you in daily food rations if they could get away with it. They’d also keep you locked up where you worked and you’d work days a week.
I’m hoping you’re just young and don’t know about labour history yet.
I dont know, there are plenty of countries that have solved these issues successfully, and many other US issues as well. I agree no law is perfect, but I'm sure you'd agree there's certainly room for improvement in the current set in the US specifically.
I'm not young, I've spent many years criticizing US labor laws. I think Unions are a bandaid not available to most people.
That said, I hope the Union wins this for the workers of that specific industry, and for everyone else out there... Good fucking luck with your $7/hr and no insurance.
I do appreciate the only response I got without name calling. I didn't think wanting fair labor laws would trigger the side I'm on against me.
The current labor laws aren't good enough, as evidenced by union activity. If suggesting more generous labor laws is such a trigger for you all, what is it you're fighting for? Better jobs for me but not thee?
we need both. because, at least in the US, money speaks really loudly about what laws we get, and can drown out the voices of the majority.
so we need to put pressure on both our legislators and the people with money - generally, the employers/corporations- to fund, support, and pass regulations.
which will only work until the unscrupulous assholes find loopholes, but that's how it goes.
So if better labor laws is the goal, and unions are the vehicle, then better labor laws fixes this... I'm not anti union, I'm pro workers rights. All workers. I know its a pipe dream that will never happen, but I stand by my comment. If these workers didn't need to pay dues and strike to get fair compensation due to it being required by law, it would be an improvement.
That way only union members get fair pay. Most people dont have a union to join. More name calling for suggesting fixing the root of the problem? Good talk.