The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoSomething's not math-ingmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square162linkfedilinkarrow-up1944arrow-down177 cross-posted to: neoliberal@lemmy.world
arrow-up1867arrow-down1imageSomething's not math-ingmedia.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square162linkfedilink cross-posted to: neoliberal@lemmy.world
minus-squareSnowclone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIndeed. But ‘starvation’ wages aren’t typical in migrant farm work.
minus-squareCruxifux@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago“Starvation” wages is a term that gets thrown around as hyperbole. I guess “undervalued for the amount of labour put in at a brutal level compared to the local average” would be more appropriate, but doesn’t roll off the tongue quite as well.
Indeed. But ‘starvation’ wages aren’t typical in migrant farm work.
“Starvation” wages is a term that gets thrown around as hyperbole. I guess “undervalued for the amount of labour put in at a brutal level compared to the local average” would be more appropriate, but doesn’t roll off the tongue quite as well.