This seems like it should be bigger news...
US continues to go backward...
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This seems like it should be bigger news...
You would think.
One of the most frustrating things Ive seen in the MAGA era is people would rather see lies that reinforce their beliefs than something truthful that goes against them. The people calling other people sheep are the biggest sheep in the barn.
I think at the end of they day its a bunch of people who are average in every aspect of their life who need something to make them think they are more important than they are and this provides an opportunity. They see the nerds from HS go on to have more successful lives and this is their opportunity to stick it to them.
Here is the underlying problem in America. It’s not immigration. It’s not lgbtq+. It’s this.
Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Until we start rewarding the everyday working person and value and restructure primary education, we will continue to slide.
Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Until we start rewarding the everyday working person and value and restructure primary education, we will continue to slide.
I'm going to ask a question that sounds cynical and/or on the side of the CEOs which I am not:
How do you raise the value of workers who are commonly replaceable by offshoring, automation, or AI and who frequently also vote against their own financial interests because they are more concerned about social issues and scapegoating?
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Not only are they closing the Nebraska plant, but they are also cutting their Amarillo plant to one shift possibly affecting an additional 1,700 jobs in Texas.
That is the question. I am the beneficiary of good management compensation. But I also worked for a company that valued their employees more than 99% of the companies out there. Led by an incredibly benevolent owner/CEO.
What it boils down to is having leadership that says “You know. Myself and my leadership team are set for life. Maybe generational wealth. We need to figure out how to make our everyday front line employees owners in this company’s success and lift their wages. And at the same time give them benefits that make life easier.”
Simple things like increased stock options. Higher wages. Better health insurance. Productivity and longevity bonuses. Increased PTO. College tuition assistance. Daycare costs assistance.
These things are easy and are already being done in most companies, but typically only for executives. And yet we don’t hear one word about how that causes inflation. Wonder why?
I’m not advocating for socialism in the work world. Just the opposite. If people show up when they are supposed to and meet the expectations laid out for them. Pay them.
Years ago I read an editorial by someone who was the CEO of like Amana or Whirlpool in the 1960s. He talked about how he made something like 20 times what a worker made and it seemed like a lot to him. He talked about the work environment and how family oriented it was. He then talked about (at the time of the editorial) execs making 300 times what the worker made and the loss of the loyalty and trust. I wish I had kept it, it was really eye opening and good. OF course, that issue has just gotten even worse.
Polds4OSU
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BREAKING: The Republican National Committee (RNC) has filed a sweeping new lawsuit in Michigan that seeks to eliminate a state law that protects voting access for U.S. citizens living abroad. https://www.democracydocket.com/new...new-attack-on-michigan-based-overseas-voters/
Republican planning session:
Hey, you know, we generally try to claim we are the party of lower taxes. And, we are in the only country in the world that taxes overseas citizens. Here is an idea. We could work to get that crazy law changed. Many of the overseas citizens would thank us with their vote because that is by far the biggest issue for them.
Nah, we are the modern Republican Party. F'em. We will just disenfranchise them instead.
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