"The employer should not provide anything but an agreed upon wage for agreed upon labor"
Exactly. What kind of fantasy world is this guy living in? In this fantasy world everybody flipping burgers can afford a house with a white picket fence, a car, company picnics, and a cheap and honest auto mechanic. What he hasn't told is us what exactly is the living wage in this fantasy world? Why can't he give us a number?
I have no idea.
I was self employed for many years (still am to a certain extent) and did what I had to do to keep my clients happy and pay my bills, and at times paying the bills meant also waiting tables or manning a cash register at the local convenience store. I did what I had to do, without whining, and so did my husband.
In this fantasy world everybody flipping burgers can afford a house with a white picket fence, a car, company picnics, and a cheap and honest auto mechanic.
The auto mechanic comment had me roaring laughing.........what does that have to do with an employer - unless of course the employer is an expensive, dishonest auto mechanic. ROFL!!!!