Omaha Steve's Labor Group

marble falls

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13. I just have had no success from depending on promises of rising tides floating all ships ...

Fri Nov 19, 2021, 07:01 PM

Nov 2021

... coming from the mouths of people who for the most part did everything they could to keep wages minimal and spend millions in attempts to defeat the ACA. They didn't treat people right when things went their way, why should I trust them to treat me right in the bad - and economics actually show a strong and growing economy.

I agree: let them borrow on equity or take advantage of governmental programs to protect wage earners.

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Folsom CA is asking retirees, stay-at-home parents, and students to work 20 hours a week at [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 OP

Try paying a living wage. marble falls Nov 2021 #1

And if you need to borrow money to pay decent wages rurallib Nov 2021 #11

I just have had no success from depending on promises of rising tides floating all ships ... marble falls Nov 2021 #13

Ask any stay-at-home parent Diamond_Dog Nov 2021 #2

Got that right. If they want an employee PAY THEM MORE! Bluethroughu Nov 2021 #3

+100 Well said... We don't have a labor crunch, we have a wages crunch! nt abqtommy Nov 2021 #5

The issue of low pay Deuxcents Nov 2021 #4

This sounds like Chapter 2 of tone-deaf Elaine Chao's musette_sf Nov 2021 #6

You already kicked us oldsters out. sheshe2 Nov 2021 #7

+++ quaint Nov 2021 #12

Precisely Sherman A1 Nov 2021 #14

Yup. sheshe2 Nov 2021 #16

The Black Plague had a similar effect on the relationship between serfs and their overlords. rzemanfl Nov 2021 #8

After abusing their employees for 40 years DBoon Nov 2021 #9

+1000 Sherman A1 Nov 2021 #15

I heard a saying long ago I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2021 #10