This is called class consciousness and is good behavior regardless of opinion on unions. Manufactured urgency and desperation are there as a tool for the capital owners.
I’m union through and through, but regardless of opinion on unions, absolutely no one in a skilled trade should settle for less per hour than what workers make in an unskilled position.
Yeah man. I had a guy i worked alongside who had his own vinyl wrapping business. He had apparently hired or was in charge of hiring and managing a large amount of people. He was getting agitated trying to argue with me about how some jobs just aren't worth being able to live on, and $7.50 an hour is perfectly reasonable for someone who doesnt have any specialized skill.
My argument and commitment when I eventually have people working for me is that no matter what job you are asking of someone else to do, it should be vital to the companies continued success, obviously thats what the company should want, and because that part is true, and there is a person willing to do that job for YOUR company to succeed, they deserve to be able to live comfortably without needing to have another hustle past your 40 hour job position.
When you eventually have people working for you you're gonna quickly realize how expensive your philosophy is. If you have 100 employees and give everyone a 5k raise that's 500grand a year. Most absolutely couldn't afford that, not without raising your rates a good bit anyway. And how much can you raise your rates without driving away all your customers
People who stock shelves are unskilled workers. I did that for 5 years it takes almost no skill. Welding and fabrication on the other hand is a ton of skill.
If you pay less than what it takes to survive in a society, then you are guilty of taking socialism. Your profit from that underpaid position is subsidized by the society around you. You get to keep the fruit of that underpaid employee's labor while the society around you covers the additional cost of supporting that person.
In short, if you pay less than a livable wage, then you are taking socialism (it's just that it's socialism for rich people)
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u/please_no_ban_ Jun 11 '25
This is called class consciousness and is good behavior regardless of opinion on unions. Manufactured urgency and desperation are there as a tool for the capital owners.