Well, it may be Bible-thumping, but even thousands of years ago, in both Judaism and then in Christianity, employers were being urged to pay their employees an honest wage. What’s wrong with that?
But this has nothing to do with “fairness,” which now means that the government or some superior force has got to come in and equalize results. Most people don’t want to be the head of the company; it’s a lot of work, and most people just want to do their jobs and go home to their families. But the person who is the head of the company could not be the head of the company without them, and in fact there wouldn’t even be a company without them. Therefore he has the obligation to compensate them accordingly, which has nothing to do with fairness but is a simple matter of paying for a service.
When employers want to get the service without paying for it, or by taking so much for themselves that there is nothing left to pay the people who do the work, we have broken the social contract. That was what led to the rise of unions.
Oh so you’re some kind of union socialist, eh?
Workers should be thankful to the business owners for the scraps they get away with stealing from the profits.
Mitt is absolutely right - if workers get in the way of shareholder profits, then send ‘em packing.
When employers want to get the service without paying for it, or by taking so much for themselves that there is nothing left to pay the people who do the work, we have broken the social contract. That was what led to the rise of unions.
Well said! When workers see the bosses raking in the dough, then being penurious with them, it generates ill feelings and makes for a bad work environment. And yeah, they could move to a different company, but not everyone is mobile, and being stuck in a sorry situation makes for bad feelings all around.