Australia: "Our society has dealt with significant advances in technology and productivity before and the lesson is that those gains must be reflected in wages, or the social contract will break" - eviltoast
AI: Retail union vows to push for wage increases - Ragtrader
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"The lesson is that those gains must be reflected in wages or the social contract will break."
  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    1 month ago

    That’s the fun bit - corporations are so short-sighted they don’t care if the social contract falls apart. They can’t see beyond next quarter.

    • bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
      23·
      1 month ago

      The social contract is already beginning to crumble, at least in the US. Insatiable greed knows no bounds in these parts, and them assholes are gonna fuck around until they find out.

      • WastingCommentSpace@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        41·
        1 month ago

        They wont find out. Even when we are homeless we will gaslight ourselves into thinking we can be rich. Its all we americans know.

        RUN. FLEE. ESCAPE THIS PLANET BEFORE WE CONSUME EVERYTHING.

  • showmeyourkizinti@startrek.websiteEnglish
    10·
    1 month ago

    Low paid workers have demands put on the scarce resource that is wages. If the wages go up, they spend that money in ways that increase productivity.

    • THIS!!

    Seriously giving poor people more money does more for the economy than any tax cut.

  • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    1 month ago

    I would totally love to live in Australia if it wasn’t for the draconian censorship laws.