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#livingwage

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@Brad_Rosenheim Lady, have you tried paying a #LivingWage ?
My guess is that you aren't.
"The American worker doesn’t like labor, they don’t like to do laborious jobs,” Carlson said. “They don’t want to do the hard labor, and that’s what’s frustrating, because we would love to hire U.S. workers, but we can’t get them to show up. We can’t get them to follow through. We can’t get them to finish the season.”

"Minister for Economic Growth Nicola Willis wants to axe one third of 71 rules which include paying the Living Wage in contracts for cleaning, catering and security guard services."

rnz.co.nz/news/national/544637

This tells you exactly what the NatACTs mean by "economic growth"; taking money from the pockets of workers - even during a cost of living crisis - and moving that money into the pockets of business owners. Then pretending they "created" it.

RNZ · Cleaner hits out at Willis' plan to scrap Living Wage for new contractsBy RNZ News

Sub-living wage jobs should be illegal.

All jobs should come in fixed blocks of either 20 hours or 40 hours per week, chosen by the employee.

Cities, Counties, and States should send a bill each month to every corporation for ever dime of means-tested benefits and services provided to their employees (w/out naming them, of course).

Article: sherwood.news/personal-finance

The Great Prosperity: 1947-1979 after the new deal but before Reaganomics took hold

The Great Regression: From 1980 until the present, as neoliberalism successfully stole the value of improved productivity, paying themselves overvalued compensation but paying workers little.

The 80% difference between what you're worth based on productivity and what actual average wages are is the work you're giving away for free.

“Capitalism has long excelled at convincing individuals that their struggles—whether they stem from ‘mental health issues,’ financial instability, or general discontent—are personal failings rather than symptoms of a flawed system. This pervasive form of gaslighting distorts the reality of historical and systemic oppression, framing personal hardship as a matter of individual responsibility.”

autside.substack.com/p/capital

The AutSide · Capitalism's Gaslighting: How Systemic Oppression Disguises Itself as Personal FailureBy Jaime Hoerricks, PhD
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@scottsantens This article/review has been really helpful.

I'm coming around to the idea (!) that #UBI should be ensured through guarantees of equitable healthcare, housing, transportation, education, retirement, etc., first through a progressive fee structure in which corporations' profits are directed to these social goods.

Second, corporations should be required to provide a #LivingWage so that people can afford to take care of themselves, their families, and their communities.

Third, I'd like to learn more about a guaranteed maximum #income so that the wealthiest earn only their fair share.

Please, please, please give Educational support workers a fair deal, Edmonton Public Schools, and lift the secret mandates, UCP!

We stand by each and every one of you at CUPE 3550, and reject the dismissive, hateful, and harmful words of UCP Minister of Finance Nate Horner, and others who seek to belittle what you do for our children, and suggest that you do not deserve a living wage!