On 4/27/2015 9:20 AM, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 02:37:38 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 16:10:30 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's alive and well in this whole world! I recently read this book.
>>>> Very sad.
>>>
>>> I'm only talking about here.
>>
>> It's here too. Ever seen any of those sex slave shows on TV? And Lidia
>> Bastianch was accused of having a slave as well. I don't know how that
>> panned out.
>
> Here means USA. You don't even need to go to the dramatic and quite
> literal level of sexual slavery, which is very real.

It is indeed.

And also thankfully rare.

> Think about it. The CEO of Walmart CEO makes approximately $11,000 an
> HOUR and he was only the 46th highest paid CEO in (2012) America,
> according to Forbes. I call it modern day slavery because while
> average CEO compensation (adjusted for inflation) rose 937% between
> 1978 and 2013, worker compensation remains stagnant at the 2009 level.

Income inequality is not slavery, despite what you choose to call it.

> Right-to-work laws are not designed to improve salaries or benefits
> for the American worker, they are designed to improve company
> profitability. Workers are fearful of being fired (with no recourse)
> at employer whim, they work several minimum wage part time jobs
> equaling 70 hours a week (or more) and are still in need public
> assistance. Unions provided a collective voice for workers in the
> past, but union busting Right-to-Work has taken that balance away.

Unions have also led to longshoremen making $144,00 a year with an
additional $92k in benefits.

Unsustainable.


> In the mean time, voters in Right-to-Work states are so brainwashed by
> right wing propaganda that they continue to vote against their own
> best interests.

I reject being compelled to join ANY group just to obtain work.

I'm not brainwashed, I'm just stubborn and individualistic.