this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2024
636 points (88.1% liked)

unions

1566 readers
3 users here now

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
cyu
636
"Unskilled labour" is a capitalist myth used to justify poverty wages. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by cyu to c/unions
138 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

https://mastodon.social/@peterjriley2024/111786893513746272

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] sugar_in_your_tea 8 points 1 year ago

Exactly. If all labor was valued equally, why would people bother becoming surgeons or air traffic control people? Those can be very high stress jobs and require specialized training to do properly. Higher wages are a huge part of why people choose those professions.

I agree about executive pay, but dismissing unequal pay is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.