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Class is important and the more people become conscious of how important class is - the better aligned they can all be. Scaring them with a spooking about sala
by flandish 4y ago
Class is important and the more people become conscious of how important class is - the better aligned they can all be.
Scaring them with a spooking about salary talk being taboo just further divides people and only benefits the corporation’s desire to pay people as little as possible, ensuring they pay shareholders as much as possible.
- number6 4y agoIf the company is worker owned will they start to exploit themselves? Like e.g. über drivers and gig workers?
- flandish 4y agoUber drivers do not own the means of production - the profit still goes to uber and its shareholders.
- number6 4y agoWell, they own their car. They don't own the platform. Is the platform the mean of production or the car or maybe the driver is? Well what is it?
- flandish 4y agoThe platform provides the service to the customer. Without it there is no uber. Without gig drivers, there is still an uber it’s just more expensive because the corporation can’t pawn off cost on the gig drivers. The workers do not own uber. They do not see profit. ROI or anything like that. And before someone mentions: yes, it is the corp’s duty to provide ROI to shareholders. Investment comes with risk. *Why are people more “ok” with hedging investor risk by trading it for a lower worker quality of life?* When workers discuss more open, they become more class conscious, they realize they can be paid more, and they fight for it. With no workers there is no product. With no investors, there is product, when the workers are the owners - they become the investors. ;)