Any time any worker drives past a "heroes work here" banner (which I still see sometimes), they must think "if you believe I'm a hero, pay me better"
this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2024
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I think that's the idea. Heroes "do it for free". You don't see superman getting extra money from saving people. He holds a job. Same with Spiderman. Even Link has to pay rupees for his gear to save the world.
So businesses have figured out if they give you the praise of being a hero, they don't have to pay you. Just like a superhero would never ask for money, you shouldn't either, hero.
Let's not forget the humiliating ritual that is clapping hands for medical professionals and delivery folks during Covid pandemic.
No, no, no, you misunderstood. Essential doesn't mean highly paid. They are the suckers who are left doing the dirty work that keeps high society moving but of course they'll get the lowest possible wage if they can be replaced easily.
Billionaires are going straight to the boiler room of hell for the suffering they caused.
They know where they're going, they already made their deal.
They don't care
Maybe that's why they're all obsessed with living forever inside of a computer and then putting chips in all our brains?
Could be, they can "save" their souls that way perhaps
But who's to say that the image of themselves in the computer will actually be them and not only a copy of them?
No one knows yet...
Easy enough. Set minimum wage for essential workers. (And raise minimum wage.) Declare a holiday for everyone for a month.
Everyone that works is essential.
I like your way of thinking.
Actually, Unions tend to do something similar with overtime and weekend pay.
If the factory needs you at night or in the weekend, they gotta pay up.
it would be better to just raise the minimum wage to a living wage and then regulate housing prices. And then tie the minimum wage to the cost of living.
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