From the article: "We aren’t precarious, we’re unnecessary. The money has gone to the top. The wages have gone to the top. The recovery has gone to the top. And what’s worst of all, everybody who matters seems basically pretty okay with that."
That's it right there. We just don't need that many people to do all the stuff. Some of that is imports, but not all, or even most, of it.
Get behind the $15 minimum wage. Then the 8 hour day and 40 hour week.
Overtime is coming back to America, on December 1, 2016.[1] The threshold below which overtime must be paid rises from $455 to $913 per week. This affects about 4 million US workers. Goldman Sachs says this will add 100,000 jobs, as employers try to avoid paying time and a half for overtime.[2]
That's it right there. We just don't need that many people to do all the stuff. Some of that is imports, but not all, or even most, of it.
Get behind the $15 minimum wage. Then the 8 hour day and 40 hour week.
Overtime is coming back to America, on December 1, 2016.[1] The threshold below which overtime must be paid rises from $455 to $913 per week. This affects about 4 million US workers. Goldman Sachs says this will add 100,000 jobs, as employers try to avoid paying time and a half for overtime.[2]
[1] https://www.dol.gov/whd/overtime/final2016/ [2] http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-new-obama-overt...