▲ 214 ▼ New York Times tech workers threaten Election Day strike (www.motherjones.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world [M] to c/news@lemmy.world 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago (4 children) That sounds more like an argument for journalists being better compensated too, rather than saying the software engineers should be happy with less. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [+] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago The rich have gotten us so good at turning on each other… 🙁 permalink fedilink source parent [–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 5 points 2 years ago* And the solution to this is always to raise minimum wage, because skilled labor pay must be higher than unskilled labor pay. If minimum wage goes up, other wages must also go up in order to attract and keep workers in more demanding jobs. Raising minimum wage fixes wages across the board. permalink fedilink source parent [–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 21 points 2 years ago someone else's shit sandwich doesn't make mine taste any better. The journalists should join them if they're also unhappy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago Are sympathy strikes permitted in the US? They are here and it rules! permalink fedilink source parent [–] aaron@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It's not. There wasn't an argument. The question was "why are they striking?" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago The article says why they want to strike, if you read it... permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago The rich have gotten us so good at turning on each other… 🙁 permalink fedilink source parent [–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 5 points 2 years ago* And the solution to this is always to raise minimum wage, because skilled labor pay must be higher than unskilled labor pay. If minimum wage goes up, other wages must also go up in order to attract and keep workers in more demanding jobs. Raising minimum wage fixes wages across the board. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago The rich have gotten us so good at turning on each other… 🙁 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 5 points 2 years ago* And the solution to this is always to raise minimum wage, because skilled labor pay must be higher than unskilled labor pay. If minimum wage goes up, other wages must also go up in order to attract and keep workers in more demanding jobs. Raising minimum wage fixes wages across the board. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 21 points 2 years ago someone else's shit sandwich doesn't make mine taste any better. The journalists should join them if they're also unhappy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago Are sympathy strikes permitted in the US? They are here and it rules! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aaron@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It's not. There wasn't an argument. The question was "why are they striking?" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago The article says why they want to strike, if you read it... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago The article says why they want to strike, if you read it... permalink fedilink source parent