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I think the point is more that the current system of temping is being used to game employees to provide work without the company doling out any sort of benefits

by leonroy 11y ago

I think the point is more that the current system of temping is being used to game employees to provide work without the company doling out any sort of benefits. Entitlements like sick pay, holidays, health etc. things we take for granted in the West are rapidly being eroded by effective micro management of temp hours to ensure low skilled jobs can be fulfilled by a rolling pool of labour. We're seeing it in the US, in the UK and no doubt across other nations which previously provided low skilled workers some modicum of protection in the past before effective temp management became so prevalent.

yomritoyj 11y ago
Those benefits ultimately came out of higher prices for consumers. So if the public still wants the benefits to continue, it just has to campaign for public provision for those benefits through higher taxes or contribute to private income transfer programs. That would be fairer since who gets the benefits will be decided on a democratic basis and not on who was well-connected or lucky enough to land a job in a unionized industry. I'm not in the US, but from the news it seems that higher taxes are very unpopular there. So demonizing corporations seems to be an easy way out where you can empathize with unskilled workers while at the same time enjoying the benefits that come from the cheapening of their labour.