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Boeing strike: entry-level workers cannot live on their wage. “At Panda Express, they’re making as much as a grade-three mechanic” (archive.ph)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Usually people study a subject because they're at least interested in it. What you're saying is like asking a surgeon to work in IT, for instance, just because they're paying more. That's not a fair game, we're humans with our skills, perks, defects... you can't pretend everyone moves like a pawn just for money.

Boeing, like many other companies is playing the game of "maximise the short term profit" and as usual the easiest way is to cut labour costs. That's why they're in this position (poorly built planes, killed HUNDREDS of people etc.)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Usually people study a subject because they're at least interested in it.

I understand this but the job market is taking advantage of people being locked in AND/OR unwillingness to switch jobs/careers as needed.

What you're saying is like asking a surgeon to work in IT, for instance, just because they're paying more.

An extreme example and nearly impossible. But people can switch jobs/careers and my thesis that they must, otherwise they get locked into these clown ass relationships for decades where wages of fast food worker actually increased beyond their own. I understand that Boeing is a state funded corporate scam but at some point people need have to help themselves since clear US government does not give any fucks and union did not do its job.

That's not a fair game, we're humans with our skills, perks, defects... you can't pretend everyone moves like a pawn just for money.

People who are able to "move like a pawn" is the guy who gets paid. Nobody likes it but staying in a job for low pay when you can get better paid job is not a solution either.

We have a system that requires people to be on the move if they want market rate wage. We can argue about how shiti this is but at the end of the day, people who can need to go and get paid more. This helps everybody but the corporate scammers.