• Maple Engineer@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 hours ago

    There should be no profits, no bonuses, and no dividends until every worker (not employee, it doesn’t matter what your relationship with the company is if they benefit from your labour) is making at least a living wage with full benefits. Executive pay should be capped at a multiple of the pay of the lowest paid worker and of the average pay paid to all workers.

  • Cataphract@lemmy.ml
    17·
    3 hours ago

    I remember growing up in the 90’s and being acutely aware of the growing minimum wage. I knew no matter what that when I was able to get a job I would be guaranteed “this” amount and always thought about prices and how long I had to work to get something I wanted when I was an adult. Every small bump made it a little mini-celebration like I was getting a future raise that would allow me to have a better life.

    Now? Shake and bake costs over 5$, I have to literally work over an hour to buy half a cup of “convenient” seasoned bread crumbs. I could buy the flour, make the bread, and process it to make my own… but now I’m out of time in the day to work enough to actually afford the meat or any other side item. Oh yeah, and at some point I should pay my bills and save for retirement -_-

    • n3m37h@sh.itjust.works
      118·
      3 hours ago

      Buy bread chop it up season and put in the oven at a low temp till it’s as dry as you want

            • n3m37h@sh.itjust.works
              111·
              1 hour ago

              You’re obviously lazy and willing to wast money on premade shit that is now expensive and terrible for your health

              Shake N bake is flour and seasoning, make it yourself ffs

              • yngmnwntr@lemmy.ml
                5·
                1 hour ago

                Dude, you keep missing the point. Instead of stubbornly arguing the same thing, maybe reread and spend some time thinking and trying to understand the conversation you’re participating in so you don’t look so foolish.

                • n3m37h@sh.itjust.works
                  13·
                  29 minutes ago

                  Oh I getbthe point, KD usednto be 25c a box now is $3

                  But that’s what you get for “convenience”

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
        61·
        3 hours ago

        So now I’m out the cost of materials AND the time to make it AND the cost of running the oven. That’s probably a net loss compared to just buying the breadcrumbs. And the breadcrumbs are still overpriced.

  • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
    13·
    6 hours ago

    The cost of living will just keep going up because inflation is necessary in our current, debt based monetary system. The Fed tries to keep this under control by not allowing the rate of inflation to go much beyond about 2% a year. The recent inflation issue we’ve been having wasn’t about inflation suddenly happening where it hadn’t been happening before, it was about the rate of inflation increasing beyond the Fed’s 2% target. When they talk about inflation getting back under control, they’re talking about the rate of inflation getting back to near 2%. But make no mistake: prices are still going up - they have to, that’s how the system works - and they will keep going up every year, seemingly indefinitely. For this reason, a cost of living raise equal to at least the rate of inflation is absolutely essential, otherwise workers are getting a pay cut.

    But this is further complicated by the fact that the core inflation numbers are very broad. Housing costs are exploding. Core inflation would be much lower if not for rising housing costs. But the way housing costs increases are measured is by averaging housing costs across all markets, meaning the cost of housing in low demand areas is averaged with the cost of housing in high demand areas. This means that if you live in a high demand area, the core inflation rate doesn’t necessarily capture the true cost of living in your area, and that the cost of living in your area is going up much faster than the national average. Therefore, many workers need an annual cost of living increase that is much greater than the national inflation rate.

    As far as I know, there is no national law requiring companies to give cost of living raises every year. Many companies do, but many don’t. A mandatory, annual cost of living raise is something that unions can negotiate, once again showing the value of unions.

  • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    461·
    12 hours ago

    If you want the meat robot to work for you, you need to pay the upkeep for the meat robot.

    That includes power (food), repairs (health insurance) and upgrades (education).

    If you can’t afford that, you can’t afford to have a meat robot on your staff.

  • Apytele@sh.itjust.works
    183·
    15 hours ago

    Friendly reminder to people in similar positions that the fact I barely make a living wage as a nurse doesn’t mean the techs with less education than me that I supervise shouldn’t. In fact, if they’re making a living wage, that leaves room for me to advocate to make even more myself. This fight is about us taking from the rich, not from each other, and I refuse to let them control the narrative like that.