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minus-squaredafo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down53·11 months agoI’m curious about this “stealing wages” idea. How have their wages been stolen?
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57arrow-down4·11 months agoThe idea is all those profits should be fairly distributed among the workers rather than being taken by the capital that owns the company.
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down8·11 months agoI absolutely agree, but it looks like the folks who work at Microsoft get compensated way better than the average worker: https://www.cordantwealth.com/microsoft/microsoft-compensation/
minus-squareCan_you_change_your_username@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 months agoThis isn’t necessarily what the commenter was talking about but wage theft is estimated to be at about $50bil per year which is more than all other forms of property crime combined and it is rarely punished even when reported. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/15/wage-theft-us-workers-employees
I’m curious about this “stealing wages” idea. How have their wages been stolen?
The idea is all those profits should be fairly distributed among the workers rather than being taken by the capital that owns the company.
I absolutely agree, but it looks like the folks who work at Microsoft get compensated way better than the average worker: https://www.cordantwealth.com/microsoft/microsoft-compensation/
This isn’t necessarily what the commenter was talking about but wage theft is estimated to be at about $50bil per year which is more than all other forms of property crime combined and it is rarely punished even when reported.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/15/wage-theft-us-workers-employees