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If you critically care about this issue, the extent of which this is labor-driven vs PR-driven is crucial to the war in which $15/hour is just the first battle.

• austenallred 8y ago
  What do you mean by “labor-driven?”
  • jonwachob91 8y ago
    I'm assuming it relates to the tight labor market giving workers the power to choose where they work at (as opposed to "this is the only job offer I have")
    • prolikewh0a 8y ago
      >I'm assuming it relates to the tight labor market giving workers the power to choose where they work at (as opposed to "this is the only job offer I have") Lol no it's still not like that unless you have a high salary career, and most people don't have those.
  • whatshisface 8y ago
    If this is to be interpreted as evidence that the workers have bargaining power, it is only the first step in a progression of improving conditions (because now they're able to negotiate.) If it's just PR-driven serendipity then it might even be accompanied by worsening conditions elsewhere. This seems reasonable because people are a lot more reliable at fighting for their own interests than they are at considering the interests of others.
• cptskippy 8y ago
  In the absence of a monopoly, those drivers are codependent.