62% of Americans are still living paycheck to paycheck, making it ‘the main financial lifestyle,’ report finds
62% of Americans are still living paycheck to paycheck, making it ‘the main financial lifestyle,’ report finds
The number of workers who say they are stretched thin has remained stubbornly high as inflation weighs on American households.
Breaking news: in one of the most productive countries / economies in the entire history of humanity, the majority of people creating that productivity do not get to enjoy the rewards of that productivity.
same as it ever was.
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Unions.
I give 1% to my union. My pay is ~10% better than it would be if we didn't have it, and management gets in huge trouble if they mistreat workers. And by trouble, I mean they fired a manager when they scheduled a worker over their lunch break.
Damn, I could sure use that at Amazon...
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Wow great comment. Thanks for contributing
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I guess I'd lash out at strangers on the internet too if I was doing that to my bunghole.
So you still live paycheck to paycheck, except now you have to trust someone else to negotiate on your behalf instead of negotiating yourself
negotiating yourself
Collective action is the only way to get even remotely close to a fair wage.
If one person quits they shrug and hire some other shmuck. If everyone quits, they have a problem. Good luck negotiating that way.
"instead of negotiating"
Negotiating collectively is the only way to negotiate with a Capitalist. Individually, you are a replaceable cog, collectively you're the machine.
If you're living paycheck to paycheck it stands to reason that your negotiating position isn't very good.
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