@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year ago"There isn't enough money for fair wages"sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@nivenkoslinkEnglish1•1 year agoI agree with the point, but this isn’t a perfect metric. There are cases where productivity stagnates or drops due to choosing to use low-paid manual labour over automation, etc. If you look at figures outside the US this is more prevalent (e.g. the UK carwashes - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/14/exploited-workers-britain-hand-carwash-licensing )
I agree with the point, but this isn’t a perfect metric.
There are cases where productivity stagnates or drops due to choosing to use low-paid manual labour over automation, etc.
If you look at figures outside the US this is more prevalent (e.g. the UK carwashes - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/14/exploited-workers-britain-hand-carwash-licensing )