The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agoA necessary reminder that our work/life structure is flawedlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up11.55Karrow-down123
arrow-up11.53Karrow-down1external-linkA necessary reminder that our work/life structure is flawedlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squarephoneymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up89·4 months agoYeah then women entered the workforce and employers were like, “yayyy! Now we have doubled the labor pool. We can pay people half as much by not increasing real wages for 40 years.”
minus-squarecallouscomic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·4 months ago50 years now. The production/wage split was roughly 1973.
minus-squaremadcaesar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 months agoWomen fought for their freedom, and the corporations just said fuck it, imprison them all :/
Yeah then women entered the workforce and employers were like, “yayyy! Now we have doubled the labor pool. We can pay people half as much by not increasing real wages for 40 years.”
50 years now. The production/wage split was roughly 1973.
Women fought for their freedom, and the corporations just said fuck it, imprison them all :/