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Labor rights have a very long history worth learning about. The short of it is that profit from labor is definitional exploitation; the question is how much exp
by yellowbuilding 7y ago
Labor rights have a very long history worth learning about. The short of it is that profit from labor is definitional exploitation; the question is how much exploitation we consider economically useful.
- masonic 7y agoThey should be happy to not be exploited anymore, then.
- jpxw 7y agoThis is ridiculous. These engineers are on >100k$ per year and could quit and get employed almost instantly elsewhere at any time. It’s not “exploitation”.
- monocasa 7y agoJust because they make a high salary, doesn't mean they're not exploited. Remember that wage fixing scheme where the big tech companies had been found to be suppressing wages by about 20% with mutual non solicits?
- smolder 7y agoThis is obviously relative. If someone generates 200k of value and gets 100k in benefit, they are being exploited for that other 100k. That's by definition, as the parent says.