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Austria's generous social welfare system and wide availability of other blue-collar-yet-comfortable-pay work should mean that the average joe won't be screwed o
by sparky_ 9y ago
Austria's generous social welfare system and wide availability of other blue-collar-yet-comfortable-pay work should mean that the average joe won't be screwed over too much by this.
Unlike in the US, where laid off folks really have no recourse.
- dv_dt 9y agoI would go further. Because Austria has blocked off the tempting and easy path of abusing a labor market to secure a profit stream, other long-term paths were explored that ultimately ended up in a higher level of productivity & profit for society as a whole.