The historic UAW strike puts an exclamation point on more than a decade of efforts by Washington lawmakers to narrow the pay gap between top executives and workers.

  • SCB@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    arrow-down
    9
    ·
    1 year ago

    You seem to think this money is given as a gift, or as some sort of recognition, and instead it is how they purchase talent.

    • SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      Then those talented people will have to come up with a new way of doing things. Humans as a species are sensitive to relative wealth differences. It’s hardwired. Riding tide lifting all boats kind of thing

      • SCB@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        Rising tide lifting all boats kind of thing

        That’s not what this means.

        The argument “you have to make less money because I want you to” is not a very strong one.