Ludlow, CO 1914 isn't that long ago but people like to forget the dark parts of American past. How about the local government effectively poisoning you because it wants to be cheap? Flint, Michigan of April 2014–June 2016 welcomes you with open arms; just don't drink the water, bathe with it, or swim in it. /s
He was talking about a specific steelmaker (Nucor), not the US steelmaking industry in general. Read for context.
The wording is off for that reading. "You look at the steel industry in America and Nucor has long stood out for being non-union" is not as clear cut as 'If you look at the steel industry in America, Nucor has long stood out for being non-union' (which is how you are saying it should be read). The first form says ala Schoolhouse rock's "Conjunction Junction" that they are combining 'America and Nucor' in the statement.
Given a choice between a world where corporations could basically have people killed on demand and socialism, any person with the slightest amount of morals would choose socialism.
The problem is too many people confuse "true" socialism and with the abominations Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, and Mao called "socialism". 'That funny buzzing sound? Don't worry, Comrade; that is just Marx doing about 10,000 RPMs in his grave.' /s
I’m not sure what your actual problem with this is? If they worked the hours they deserve the pay, if they didnt it’s fraud and should be treated accordingly, but it doesnt sound like it’s that, it sounds like they worked a ton of OT, so would you prefer they be forced to work for free?
Well aye. If America catches up and finally gets on board with socialism I would be delighted that my friends there have medical care, access to college, a security net when they lose their job, and the very basics like 21 paid days holiday plus unlimited sick days like the developed world. Amazingly people don’t want you to suffer and die on the street while the ambulance was to busy running your credit card to treat you.
Actually it IS something they had to do. During the pandemic, all of Apple's business moved on-line, and there simply wasn't enough staff to cover the demand. That's why they moved the staff to work from home to support existing on-line teams - it's what kept the business alive, and what helped drive Apple to record profits during that time.
I have been a lifeguard and a swim instructor as well, I was for most of my twenties, so:
That article was published in 2015 and refers to an employee who worked at Apple from October 2010 through May 2012. Apple's retail operations underwent a major leadership change during their time at Apple (Ron Johnson to John Browett), and it's undergone two more such changes since then (to Angela Ahrendts in 2014 and then Deirdre O'Brien in 2019).
Found one for you. That's the one I was getting at with store-specific complaints.
Yep, one out of what, 50,000? That story could be any job.
Sure, it could be. I'm not sympathetic, however, to a company with essentially unlimited funds and resources when it declines to even pretend to care about reasonable employee concerns.
Oh, one update I can certainly provide on that article's content is on the flying Geniuses out to Cupertino all-expenses-paid for hands-on training — that doesn't happen anymore.
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Minimum wage actually used to be a living wage when created. Wages were becoming a slave wage and needed to be regulated. Jobs given to certain members of society were paid much more even though their responsibilities did not warrant it. Over the last 30 years the gap was allow to increase substantially because the minimum stopped being increased to adjust for inflation and other economic changes. Even while corporate profits, management, and executive salaries soared from 200k to 10s of millions
No, they didn’t HAVE to do it, as there are plenty of call centers that are more than happy to take a script and get to work. While many retail businesses were cutting jobs, Apple and other retailers either kept folks busy or kept their paychecks coming, most without unions.
They don’t have to be. Because of a lack of unions MOST industries are now dominated by high turnover entry-level positions
