Gentleman Shmupper

Member 848

Level 30.62

Mar 2006

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Apr 11, 2006, 10:06 AM
Local time: Apr 11, 2006, 09:06 AM
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My thoughts were that young workers were essentially facing a continuous string of low-wages jobs up until they're 26, putting a serious crimp in their efforts to begin building a stable financial foundation for themselves. With a 22% unemployment rate, there is no shortage of people looking for a job, so it is every bit in a company's best interest to continuously turnover young workers so that nobody stays on long enough to earn significant wage increases.
In the US, places like movie theaters, grocery stores, and Wal-Mart actually count on the high turnover rate of minimum wage jobs so that they don't ever have to pay anybody very much above minimum wage. Even the managers are encouraged to move on after a while. This law would ensure this sort of behavior no matter where you worked, meaning you'd have to wait until 26 to even think about starting a career.
It was just a nasty, underhanded way to exploit the current unemployment situation, and Homey wasn't playing that. It's not just American businesses who are looking to fuck their workers in the ass any way they can.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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