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Comment by hayksaakian | Hacker News Reader

Because if workers did not accept those wages their companies would not function

That's what strikes and things like that are for

Can't really go on strike without organized labor, which requires a union or something similar. I don't think many unions for uber, amazon eats, doordash contractors exist.

It's very interesting how some of the most highly paid contract-based workers in the USA have the strongest unions - actors and professional athletes.

If workers didn’t accept those wages they would be destitute. Companies (capital) hold all of the power in our current economic system, it hasn’t always been like this in the US and isn’t in many other countries.

If I could only find work at $8/hr that is my fault. I could get a student loan and go to a trade school or study CS and make $80k+ in 3 years. Any adult that requires to care for a family and chooses to work for $8/hr is harming themselves.

Unless you already have a family to care for, or can't afford to stop working for 3 years to take classes, or can't afford health insurance, or any of a million other reasons that life may not be as simple as you make it out.

If everyone joined the trades, the supply of trade workers would increase and their hourly wages would go down.

Ever tried to find work to feed yourself (not work to make money AND feed yourself, merely to be able to afford food and basic rent)? Ever lived 1 paycheck away from being thrown to the street?

People are not "willing", they are desperate to not end up sleeping under a bridge.

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