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No, that's not true. They were doing something wrong, because children are generally recognized as not being fit to give consent for all sorts of things. The la
by CountSessine 6y ago
No, that's not true. They were doing something wrong, because children are generally recognized as not being fit to give consent for all sorts of things. The laws against child labor merely recognized this.
The case for AB5, a law against consensual adult labour is murkier.
- zjaffee 6y agoIs the existence of a unionized workforce against consensual adult labor? The expanded use of for contract work has largely been a tool to walk around legislation to improve labor standards. In jobs where it is virtually impossible to organize others doing a similar task such as was the case with most of the jobs impacted by AB5, its totally reasonable for these folks to lobby the government to fight for their interests.
- n4r9 6y agoIt is murkier, but in many cases there's a strong argument that employment is exploitative whilst still consensual.
- CountSessine 6y agoGiven that there's broad agreement on what consent is and very little agreement on what exploitation is, that's always going to be contentious. Maybe with a labour monopsyny? I guess we don't want the big mining company in the small town to run down it's workers. Whenever I think of the best argument for unions, I think of small towns subjugated by mining companies or mills. But a ride-share company with competition in a big city?
- Jotra7 6y agoNo job is consensual if you're born poor in capitalism.