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Johnny2X2X

(23,868 posts)
41. This is pure awesome
Tue Sep 21, 2021, 07:30 AM
Sep 2021

The ruling class is going to whine and cry, and FOX News will do some of it for them. But this is the first time since the 1970s where workers in general have power.

If you pay well enough and treat your workers well, you'll have no trouble finding workers. Business managers and owners who understand that will out compete those who still want to pay slave wages. Figure out how to turn a profit while paying fair wages and benefits, because that's the model going forward.

Every article I see where businesses are having trouble finding and keeping workers warms my heart. After 50 years of being left out in the cold, workers are finally seeing gains because of this situation. I hope this "worker shortage" continues for years, heck, by the time it's over we might have a thriving middle class in America again.

They should have taken the $15 Federal Minimum wage because that's not enough anymore.

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What we've got heah is failure to communicate! ret5hd Sep 2021 #1
Maybe Beth can explain the situation to them malaise Sep 2021 #2
Maybe "Beth" could be coined as the term... ret5hd Sep 2021 #3
What a great idea malaise Sep 2021 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Sep 2021 #5
Now that was a great post! Good for Beth McGrath. PatrickforB Sep 2021 #19
Wow, unemployment benefits aren't being used by lazy workers to stay home? relayerbob Sep 2021 #6
people get tired of working 3 job's just to pay the damn rent ! monkeyman1 Sep 2021 #7
They keep telling themselves it was all about lazy people staying home crickets Sep 2021 #8
I agree with Yo_Mama. love_katz Sep 2021 #9
We have lost at least a million workers. Data indicates we're under counting Covid deaths Arazi Sep 2021 #10
Am I wrong to suspect these reasons? StClone Sep 2021 #13
Exactly mountain grammy Sep 2021 #24
I also know a handful of people who realized that Bettie Sep 2021 #42
I never had a job I did not richly enjoy quitting. The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #11
Ha! Same here. I temporarily and single-handedly brought a business to it's knees when I quit. Progressive Jones Sep 2021 #14
Last employer before I retired The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #45
Life goal hibbing Sep 2021 #16
Similarly, I have never had a job that was better than not working. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #17
I hear that. The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #43
or when you quit and they have to hire 2 workers to replace you? DBoon Sep 2021 #55
Pay. More. Iggo Sep 2021 #12
People in two-parent households are finding out that Demobrat Sep 2021 #15
That is much truer than most people realize. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #21
There are jobs and there are careers. Demobrat Sep 2021 #30
Excellent analysis. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #31
That would be the scariest thing about making the decision to stay home. Demobrat Sep 2021 #32
Just sent you a PM. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #34
And lack of childcare. tblue37 Sep 2021 #18
we had a chance to raise the minimum wage to $15.00. the rs and businness blew it. AllaN01Bear Sep 2021 #20
Two words: less people mountain grammy Sep 2021 #22
"Less People" is probably not a significant factor onenote Sep 2021 #35
fewer sammythecat Sep 2021 #36
We may be seeing and undeclared general strike ThoughtCriminal Sep 2021 #23
Why should they go back to work crap hours AllyCat Sep 2021 #25
Who pays the bills? former9thward Sep 2021 #33
Do those jobs pay the bills? AllyCat Sep 2021 #47
Deflecting the question. former9thward Sep 2021 #49
Not really. Those jobs do not pay the bills. AllyCat Sep 2021 #51
So when people are sitting at home -- as you put it -- how do they eat? former9thward Sep 2021 #52
Same way they were doing when the economy was bad AllyCat Sep 2021 #53
Maybe some of the workers found better employers. nt GoodRaisin Sep 2021 #26
Pretty simple to understand. Xolodno Sep 2021 #27
Just a little clue for employers Leith Sep 2021 #28
Or talk about your lovely executive retreat in Florida (in January) GopherGal Sep 2021 #50
It doesn't pay to have employment that doesn't pay for medical plus benefits. twin_ghost Sep 2021 #29
I think it will just take more time. Steelrolled Sep 2021 #37
Maybe they died of Covid, or got evicted, and Captain Zero Sep 2021 #38
Things must be different all over the place back there. DFW Sep 2021 #39
So much good sense. In a wealthy nation, many people who aren't Hortensis Sep 2021 #40
This is pure awesome Johnny2X2X Sep 2021 #41
Many of them are too fussy durablend Sep 2021 #44
The number of baby boomers retiring at 62 has increased significantly because Roisin Ni Fiachra Sep 2021 #46
Surprise, surprise, surprise! nt drmeow Sep 2021 #48
An ongoing study found there was no county in the US librechik Sep 2021 #54
Another factor is so many companies use screening software for online applications. halfulglas Sep 2021 #56
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