A UN poverty expert called on the CEOs of Amazon, DoorDash and Walmart on Tuesday to address allegations that wages at the US-based corporations are trapping workers in poverty, forcing them to rely on US Government benefits to survive.
I don’t understand why a wage is legal if it traps people into poverty? Shouldn’t minimum wage be brought up across the board? I expect if they are doing it, thousands of other businesses are doing it as well.
We literally have a minimum wage for a reason, why are we expecting corporations to self regulate instead?
RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Too poor to have the time to educate themselves, look for other jobs, or move. Not much has changed with Walmart, infamously they have been making the taxpayers prop up their employees’ low wages and benefits for decades.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And Walmart actually benefits double because of it. Because said employees spend thier checks and food stamps right back into the company.
RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Back to Company Towns and Company Stores.