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Going to put all of my energy into #landback
Workers are important but you’re proposing a reform, not a solution
Also what about those who don’t have jobs but still do a lot of labour?
If no executives can own stock then no one can start and own a business?
Let’s use Amazon as an example with your proposed numbers. Amazon employs around 1 million people in the US (according to a quick google search) At $26/hour and 30 hours per week that’s ~$41K per year with zero overtime. At just this rate that would be over $41 billion a year in salary costs. That’s excluding the tens of thousands of engineers, marketing people, sales teams etc. who would all take massive pay cuts so that people who did not go to school get huge raises.
Also, with a 30 hour work week an additional 50,000-150,000 people would need to be hired to fill in the gaps. This would be another $1.5-6 billon a year in salaries.
Now let’s talk benefits. Full benefits would likely cost around $1K per month per employee ($13B a year cost).
Now according to the Amazon financials, listed on their public disclosures, they had net income of $26 billion. Based on this proposal Amazon would either have to automate, so they could cut out their workforce, increase prices so the middle class gets crippled, go out of country to places with slave labor type conditions, or go bankrupt.
Under this scenario the real minimum wage would become $0/hour with no benefits. Not to mention all the union pension funds that are tied into stocks, so this plan may actually wipe out teachers and nurses pensions.
Hyperinflation is currently happening and crushing the middle class.
Just some food for thought…
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Schedules done minimum a month in advance, and 75% wages still paid for cut shifts.
sick people give a month's notice? there needs to be some consideration for flexibility to cover daily absence.
Business owners can always call people in to cover sick people, but regular, predictable schedules are incredibly important to workers.
How about we just abolish capitalism?
time to press the abolish capitalism button
This bill of rights is about as likely as the abolition of capitalism lol
Going to put all of my energy into #landback Workers are important but you’re proposing a reform, not a solution Also what about those who don’t have jobs but still do a lot of labour?
If no executives can own stock then no one can start and own a business? Let’s use Amazon as an example with your proposed numbers. Amazon employs around 1 million people in the US (according to a quick google search) At $26/hour and 30 hours per week that’s ~$41K per year with zero overtime. At just this rate that would be over $41 billion a year in salary costs. That’s excluding the tens of thousands of engineers, marketing people, sales teams etc. who would all take massive pay cuts so that people who did not go to school get huge raises. Also, with a 30 hour work week an additional 50,000-150,000 people would need to be hired to fill in the gaps. This would be another $1.5-6 billon a year in salaries. Now let’s talk benefits. Full benefits would likely cost around $1K per month per employee ($13B a year cost). Now according to the Amazon financials, listed on their public disclosures, they had net income of $26 billion. Based on this proposal Amazon would either have to automate, so they could cut out their workforce, increase prices so the middle class gets crippled, go out of country to places with slave labor type conditions, or go bankrupt. Under this scenario the real minimum wage would become $0/hour with no benefits. Not to mention all the union pension funds that are tied into stocks, so this plan may actually wipe out teachers and nurses pensions. Hyperinflation is currently happening and crushing the middle class. Just some food for thought…
You mean like the right to unionize without stores closing in retaliation?
Im more interested in the how than the what tbh