mortgagepants t1_j63mlg6 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 2:05 PM

Reply to comment by Bartleby_TheScrivene in A Philly cafe stole $1,200 in tips from workers, the city Labor Department found by crystal0001

i mean maybe those people should ask for higher wages? i'm pretty sure the teachers and garbage men have a union, and there are plenty of unionized trades too.

Bartleby_TheScrivene t1_j63nf0z wrote on January 27, 2023 at 2:11 PM

If you're in a union you don't get to ask for higher wages lol. It's set by the union.

mortgagepants t1_j63nsep wrote on January 27, 2023 at 2:14 PM

yes i know how it works. the union will have to negotiate for higher wages.

Bartleby_TheScrivene t1_j64gv3u wrote on January 27, 2023 at 5:24 PM

Every union? Because then we're back where we started and now everything goes up in price.

mortgagepants t1_j64kbdr wrote on January 27, 2023 at 5:46 PM

all prices just went up but wages didn't. maybe those two things aren't as closely linked as you think they are?

Bartleby_TheScrivene t1_j64tkp4 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 6:43 PM

Didn't wages increase a ton in the last 2 years? I swear you must be reading different news than the rest of us.

mortgagepants t1_j657zzc wrote on January 27, 2023 at 8:14 PM

nonfarm payrolls are up 5.1%, inflation was 9.1; corporate price gouging was responsible for over 60% of the increase.

i must be reading different news because whatever you're reading is not grounded in reality.

Bartleby_TheScrivene t1_j65fse7 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 9:04 PM

https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/FT_21.12.14_PandemicWages_1.png

mortgagepants t1_j65gvt3 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 9:11 PM

lol so the hospitality sector, which was closed for 2 years, has had the highest wage gains.

are you surprised by that? what about gas prices? do you remember when a barrel of oil was less than zero dollars? what happened there?

i'm sure you could give me a full economic breakdown, but like your namesake, you'd "prefer not to".