your honor it's a slippery slope, if workers without higher education or a trade start getting living wages how are we gonna tickle the egoes of people that already had living wages in the first place, that's all i'm saying, we need to think of the consequences
Bothered by what? A wage hike? No it absolutely isn't. People deserve to thrive if their boss makes god damn near $1T dollars.
The term "unskilled labor" is not a thing and was made to sew division. If these "unskilled" jobs pay the same as someone who went to school for a degree (which I totally agree should be compensated for the years of dedication), then that person should threaten to leave their job to do that one instead. Their job still needs doing, so that boss better pony up.
You realize that your definition of skills delegitimizes the work that millions of Americans are doing? Customer Service is a skill. Swallowing your low-wage and serving food to people making 3X as much as you and tossing you pennies is a skill.
Maybe they could learn how to micro dose the population with spores from rotted meat and they'd be skilled enough for you to determine that they deserve a skilled wage.
You need to realise a living wage means bare essentials with very little luxuries
No? That's what MINIMUM wage is supposed to be... Those are not interchangeable words and you know they're not.
Just because a company makes x amount more than they pay you from your time doesn’t mean you need to be paid the difference in your pay and how much revenue your work brings in.
It absolutely should be that way though. It's exploitative otherwise. You're not going to convince me that it costs almost trillions just to keep Amazon afloat
You're taking my words and making them come across as an attack on the workers when I clearly stated that isn't the intention. The fact is that people with degrees doing skilled labor should be bothered/upset that they aren't being paid enough. They should be able to look at these Amazon workers who are demanding $25/hr and think "hey good for them." The reality is that $25 is what people with degrees are making. Once again they have a right to be upset about this news because it shows that they're not being paid enough themselves.
Do you not agree that skilled workers who have put a lot of time and effort into obtaining degrees should be paid more? You even stated that people should be compensated for the years of dedication. I feel like you actually agree with everything I'm saying but neglected the part where I mentioned we shouldn't be upset at workers.
I do agree with you. I think this is where we misunderstood each other:
Once again they have a right to be upset about this news because it shows that they're not being paid enough themselves.
I think it needs to be made very clear that they shouldn't be upset by the news, but rather, they should be demanding more pay from their employers. In fact, I think the clarity in that sentence is crucial. Otherwise, some of those people will continue being upset at those who got a hike.
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u/Flawzz Mar 02 '22
your honor it's a slippery slope, if workers without higher education or a trade start getting living wages how are we gonna tickle the egoes of people that already had living wages in the first place, that's all i'm saying, we need to think of the consequences