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> By exiting the labour market, they force employers to pay more for the people actually willing to work I suspect this instead leads to companies determining
by 29083011397778 5y ago
> By exiting the labour market, they force employers to pay more for the people actually willing to work
I suspect this instead leads to companies determining "nobody is willing to work at the prices we're happy to pay. Therefore there is a labour shortage; we need more immigrants, and we're happy enough to sponser them for a time"
Note they don't raise prices, they instead increase the applicant pool.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 5y agoI, for one, have gone through extended periods of willful unemployment with the good graces of some very caring friends. I didn't not want to work, but I did want a job that valued and compensated me fairly. Most companies do not do either. We can argue about cause and effect, but I suspect a lot of the problem is the failure of government to intervene in the disconnection of productivity and wages. We probably won't be cutting million dollar checks to parents and children as restitution for this theft, but we should right this wrong systematically by giving the workers the vast majority of the profits their labor creates. Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that's why I shit on company time. If I got paid fairly and had a seat at the table for discussions about profit sharing then I would plan my shits to not impede my work. Until then, big capital can keep blowing their hot air, workers don't care what these suits think and are realizing the suits don't even care about the health of safety of the workers themselves, let alone their ability to afford a family or house.