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Seeing this post made me flash back to how often wage theft happened to me during holidays as a teenager.

4th of July, New Year's... Didn't even know about time and a half.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Speaking of people who get exploited for inadequate pay ...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

This is what I was picturing the whole time

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I have a special love for that episode where they’re made to clean the beach, and Louise learns about negotiating compensation for their labor. (And that rich people will use you and fuck you over in a heartbeat.)

For anyone unfamiliar, it’s Season 12, episode 6. “Beach, Please.”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Conversely, I despise the film which tells the moral tale of “if you’re rich enough you can murder people and get away with it.”