Comment on They eliminated cashiers and keep the profits. NY Democrats are fighting back.
ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 1 week ago
300 billion in pure profits to executives… that could have ended hunger in the US last year.
So the next time you use the self checkout, remember to glance over at the lone cashier who lives in your neighborhood, look them in the eye and make sure they know about your excitement to be working for the shareholders for free now instead of their former colleagues. And if on the drive home you see their former colleague is getting evicted because they were laid off, make sure to honk, lean out your window and let them know how much you enjoyed the sweet song of “unexpected item in the bagging area.”
makeshift0546@lemmy.today 1 week ago
Worlds smallest violin. Jobs get replaced or unneeded.
If Dems actually gave a fuck instead of this bullshit ineffective horse shit that makes service worse; they’re offer real training and education programs. Instead we get sob stories like this trash any how I should feel bad.
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
My state has a whole program to strengthen our manufacturing industry with education. I dont know the details, butI know it exsists, along with our many many tech schools. We also have state funded community college programs for industry.
ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 1 week ago
I read an interesting story about Obama admin funded these programs in West Virginia to help those jobs lost as coal mining became less profitable and mines closed, with the locals deciding what programs worked best for their communities. By far the most popular classes were: coal mining… Ironic if true, there may be some lessons learned in there somewhere.