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Lots of interesting and worthwhile detail, none of which undermines reporting about what goes on in warehouses in which the author does not work, nor does it un
by dcre 7y ago
Lots of interesting and worthwhile detail, none of which undermines reporting about what goes on in warehouses in which the author does not work, nor does it undermine the argument that paying $30,000 a year for full time work in California is only possible because America maintains a permanent underclass willing to work for next to nothing.
- rb808 7y agoIn which other country can unskilled workers earn $30k? OK maybe a handful. (AUD has gone down since 2013) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage#/media/File:Hourly_Minimum_Wages_in_Developed_Economies,_2013.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage#/media/File:Hourl...
- fr000t 7y agoI can kinda-sorta see what you mean by a "permanent underclass", but in what capacity does america "maintain" that class?