The US may be reversing course on child labour
www.ft.com
Acute strain on the jobs market has encouraged some states to consider reducing restrictions on employing minors
  • By “The US” they mean Republicans.
  • By “acute strain” they mean that the balance of power doesn’t utterly favor capital over labor.

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  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
    131·
    3 days ago

    Don’t forget about fucking up social security, pensions, and 401(k) accounts. You need the old people in the workforce to train the kids. Everyone I know who can sew is like 75.

    • kreskin@lemmy.world
      6·
      3 days ago

      Theres a culture chasm between old and young that the oldsters have no willingness to work to cross, and they overvalue their insights. On top of that they dont understand how much harder things are now than they used to be. Their entire context is so dated its erroneous anymore.