Me too! I work as flooring distributor yet we were consider "essential " so work without extra benefits or raise all through Covid.
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isekaihero@ani.social 2 months ago
I was called a essential worker during COVID and had to work every single day but throughout COVID and all this time post-COVID I haven’t gotten a single raise. How can my job be essential but not worth anything?
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 months ago
veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The job is essential, but you the person who does it are expendable.
In a capitalist system, labor is a commodity privy to supply/demand, and so since any person can fulfill the responsibility, the owners have ample supply of replacements, and you have no leverage over them to get higher compensation.