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"That security might not just keep people out of poverty. It might let workers demand better wages and working conditions, because they know they always have so
by xacaxulu 13y ago
"That security might not just keep people out of poverty. It might let workers demand better wages and working conditions, because they know they always have something to fall back on. In other words, it could level the playing field for the bottom 99 percent."
This is exactly what America's corporate backers don't want. Who wants a workforce that has the ability to say no or to do anything other than beg for the chance to be hired at a low-paying job without benefits?
- legutierr 13y ago> Who wants a workforce that has the ability to say no or to do anything other than beg for the chance to be hired at a low-paying job without benefits? The workers, I would hope. Unfortunately, many people don't understand their own self-interest.