[PLUG-TALK] Fair Use, etc.

Russ Johnson russj at dimstar.net
Fri Mar 29 00:37:48 UTC 2002


On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 16:13, Jeme A Brelin wrote:
> How is it that these people are free to quit their jobs?

They just have to find a new one prior to quiting. There are more jobs
than people in our society. Maybe not what you want to do, but there are
other jobs out there. Otherwise, the help wanted section of the
newspaper would dry up. 

> Tell that to the food service and hospitality industries.  The demand for
> workers has been rising steadily for 20 years, but real wages have gone
> down.  There are more jobs than workers, nationally, but the compensation
> is not increasing.

That's because there are workers willing to take those jobs. If the jobs
quit getting filled, then wages will go up. 

> The industry can hold out longer than the workers can.  That's the sum of
> it.  The workers can quit their jobs in protest, but they can't find a
> better job (better giving/compensation ratio) before they really damage
> themselves (losing shelter, etc.).

If there are more jobs than workers, then it's not hard to find another
job.






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