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1. voz_+18[view] [source] 2020-03-30 17:50:04
>>onewho+(OP)
A lot of times these people are making well below minimum wage, and even that is a hilariously low number.

I want the people delivering my food to be healthy, stable, and financially secure. Don't you?

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2. sneak+Cp[view] [source] 2020-03-30 19:30:02
>>voz_+18
The people who are in line to take their jobs as-is probably don't want that. They'd prefer that they get fired, so that they can work instead of the people who don't like the job as-is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_wages

Striking generally only works for skilled workers. Unskilled workers going on strike in the middle of some of the highest unemployment figures recently seen is not going to end well for those people. They'll simply be replaced by those who are more hungry.

This is not a problem with the workers, or with the employers, or with the current situation: it is a problem inherent to unskilled, undifferentiated labor.

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