Had a chat with folks who had been working at my neighborhood grocery store 20+ years.
When they started (in 2000) pay was capped at $18/hr, which was good money back then.
Then the store cut pay for most unionized employees by $5/hr, slashed benefits, cut hours to part-time.
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Now, pay is capped at $23/hr maximum, folks don't get 1.5x pay on Sundays, there's little to no benefits, and going into management (away from union protection) is the only way to become a full-time employee.
The company made $4.6 billion in revenue LAST YEAR.
It's legitimately astonishing how MUCH wealth has been concentrated at the top and how much compensation has stagnated, if not rolled back, during that time.
But ANY pushback on the rich and corporations is doomed to failure, right?