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Wages are the price of labor, and like all prices they are dictated by supply and demand. If there were fewer people both capable & willing to do the job, wages
by ggreer 6y ago
Wages are the price of labor, and like all prices they are dictated by supply and demand. If there were fewer people both capable & willing to do the job, wages would rise.
People choose these jobs because they are the best options available to them. This is true for many undesirable occupations (such as janitorial services).
- ArtDev 6y agoRemember when America had Unions? It lifted everyone up. Now its a race to the bottom.
- zests 6y agoHas there ever been a successful union for unskilled labor?
- momokoko 6y agoWhere on the spectrum of skilled would you consider working at a grocery store?
- zests 6y agoIt's quite gauche to label jobs as skilled or unskilled so I'll make no determination. But I assume you're talking about the UFCW. I had no knowledge of this union before your comment; I will admit that it changes my perception of unions as a whole.
- ruined 6y agoOne of the benefits of UBI that nobody mentions often enough is that when everybody can afford to survive independently of a boss, labor will be priced according to how unpleasant or dangerous it is to perform, rather than according to the desperation of the class performing it.