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[–] [email protected] 54 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yeah I don’t care if the jobs are literally no skill, that shouldn’t matter when it comes to paying a living wage.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Also, unskilled jobs still end up generating experienced laborers who are worth being compensated for that experience.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The whole point of the term unskilled labor is that it isn’t.

If you’re on an assembly line and you’re putting part A into box B, it takes an afternoon to learn and you’ll be about as fast as someone who’s been doing it for 30 years.

Either part A is in box B or it isn’t. The difference between the best person and the worst person that’s still worth employing is very small, and probably can’t be trained.

You don’t pay extra for someone with experience putting part A into box B.

But they should be paid a living wage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

The only thing that matters is how many hours it takes up in a persons day.