• SCB@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    These workers are “unskilled laborers”, and that means companies can push them around however they’d like.

    This really isn’t true. Laborers have the advantage in the unskilled market right now because there are more jobs than people post-covid. Education is overrated for most unskilled positions.

    The Lineman union is using that leverage to kick wholesale ass.

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      10 months ago

      That’s a fair point. More jobs than people inherently gives the laborers the advantage. I’ll need to look into the Lineman union too – nothing’s more heartwarming than a union successfully kicking execs to the curb.