Comment on Restaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)

• generichate1546@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When the supreme Court has their finger in the scale it makes everything feel fuckin hopeless

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  • prole@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They don’t help, sure, but this shit happens anyway in capitalism. It’s an inevitability.

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    • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah it sucks how money flows to the people who can use it most under capitalism, without anyone having to force it to happen.

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      • prole@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Is this how you think capitalism works? Yikes.

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      • IzzyJ@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Capitalism is not a meritocracy the second someone fies and passes on their money

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• intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The person in the Philippines gets a good job out of this

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  • b000rg@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They’re being paid minimum wage. It’s not a great job.

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    • aidan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The minimum wage in the Phillipines is around $10 a day.

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      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If this is right:

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        Looks like the absolute max is less than $10, and the absolute minimum is less than six dollars.

        • $5.24 (306 PHP)
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        • $9.76 (570 PHP)

        How come agricultural laborers get shafted? An immediate guess is the government trying to keep food costs down.

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