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For the majority of America there's no such thing as negotiating wages. Do you think McDonalds or Walmart are going to let you negotiate more than a few cents h
by prolikewh0a 8y ago
For the majority of America there's no such thing as negotiating wages. Do you think McDonalds or Walmart are going to let you negotiate more than a few cents here and there? Nope. The union would be more beneficial to them.
- toast_coder 8y agoIf your negociating with walmart or mcdonalds you have nothing to offer in terms of skill. (for the jobs you are referencing) Those people who have skills worth money like to negociate. The great thing about that is everone can better themselves and be worth more.
- thomasahle 8y agoWhy does more skill imply negotiation opportunity? Because you can then threaten to go somewhere else? That depends on whether those other places have the same non-negotiation policy. That's the idea of a wage fixing cartel.
- edanm 8y ago> For the majority of America there's no such thing as negotiating wages. What makes you say that? According to the first report I found via Google [1], workers who earn minimum wage make up about 2.3% of the labor force. Wouldn't that imply that almost all employees have at least some bargaining power? Note: the report seems to only talk about workers paid hourly, I assume the statistic is no worse for full-time employees. [1]: https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2017/home.htm https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2017/home.htm
- noobermin 8y agoThat's the federal minimum wage...a lot of states and cities have minimum wages above the federal minimum wage.