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<blockquote data-quote="MorkandMindy" data-source="post: 75466157" data-attributes="member: 172332"><p>Increased immigration has long been a Right-Wing policy.</p><p></p><p>Increased immigration increases the workforce and therefore weakens the bargaining position of each person in the workforce.</p><p></p><p>The claim is it reduces the cost of low-skilled labor and that benefits everyone (except the low skilled labor), or that raising the minimum wage will offset that disadvantage, so the low-skilled labor will be paid more, or of course be unemployed.</p><p></p><p>Using the concept of 'employability' instead of just pay takes both the strength of the bargaining position and the rate of pay into account.</p><p></p><p>Why would you want to pay more for things from a mass retailer? Of course you wouldn't if you are the person paying, but you might* if you were the person being paid. So push up the pay rates.</p><p></p><p>And give everyone a 40-hour week.</p><p></p><p>Retailing is seasonal, so the ability to vary the staffing level is good for the owners and since staff don't like getting bored, it is good for many of the staff as well. Many are female and make good use of free time to do projects in the house, and many of the men do the same. Older people often have other responsibilities and prefer shorter working hours.</p><p></p><p>Increasing pay rates allows stores to sift through employees and hire younger faster ones. Overall the number of people employed goes down as a result and giving out 40 hour weeks also does this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MorkandMindy, post: 75466157, member: 172332"] Increased immigration has long been a Right-Wing policy. Increased immigration increases the workforce and therefore weakens the bargaining position of each person in the workforce. The claim is it reduces the cost of low-skilled labor and that benefits everyone (except the low skilled labor), or that raising the minimum wage will offset that disadvantage, so the low-skilled labor will be paid more, or of course be unemployed. Using the concept of 'employability' instead of just pay takes both the strength of the bargaining position and the rate of pay into account. Why would you want to pay more for things from a mass retailer? Of course you wouldn't if you are the person paying, but you might* if you were the person being paid. So push up the pay rates. And give everyone a 40-hour week. Retailing is seasonal, so the ability to vary the staffing level is good for the owners and since staff don't like getting bored, it is good for many of the staff as well. Many are female and make good use of free time to do projects in the house, and many of the men do the same. Older people often have other responsibilities and prefer shorter working hours. Increasing pay rates allows stores to sift through employees and hire younger faster ones. Overall the number of people employed goes down as a result and giving out 40 hour weeks also does this. [/QUOTE]
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