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This is a feature, not a bug. Just because wages haven't increased since the 90s and the middle class has collapsed in the US doesn’t mean the hard-won protecti
by ramphastidae 8y ago
This is a feature, not a bug. Just because wages haven't increased since the 90s and the middle class has collapsed in the US doesn’t mean the hard-won protections of unions should be slashed to match.
- zjaffee 8y agoUnions in the private sector provide workers protections from exploitative capitalists who exist for the sake of profit and profit alone. Public agencies exist to better society, if we paid these workers less, than we could hire more, and these sorts of jobs would be available to more people where services could potentially improve.
- chrisdhoover 8y agoIts a fucked up situation. It is not equitable at all. For some reason the ever increasing government functionary class gets more and more of their fellow citizens hard earned wages.