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Every law that is written has loopholes (whether intentional or not). The people who those laws affect exploit those loopholes to their advantage.
Laws are made up and easily ignored, sidestepped, weakened, etc.
Employers would pay you in daily food rations if they could get away with it. They’d also keep you locked up where you worked and you’d work days a week.
I’m hoping you’re just young and don’t know about labour history yet.
I dont know, there are plenty of countries that have solved these issues successfully, and many other US issues as well. I agree no law is perfect, but I'm sure you'd agree there's certainly room for improvement in the current set in the US specifically.
I'm not young, I've spent many years criticizing US labor laws. I think Unions are a bandaid not available to most people.
That said, I hope the Union wins this for the workers of that specific industry, and for everyone else out there... Good fucking luck with your $7/hr and no insurance.
I do appreciate the only response I got without name calling. I didn't think wanting fair labor laws would trigger the side I'm on against me.
The countries that have "solved these issues successfully" have strong unions.
And how did they solve them? By changing the labor laws right?
With Unions forcing change to labor laws.
So...... Better labor laws fixes this?
No.
Then you are fighting for nothing?
Must be a union rep lol