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President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    And FB has a $15/hour floor (above minimum wage) for all workers, including contractors. Plus, these folks just voted to unionize -- unopposed by their contractor or Facebook. But somehow this month-old article from around the time of the union vote brings Zuckerberg down to DeVos' level?
     
  2. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    I don't scan this thread every 3 minutes so apologies if I'm D_B'ing this column about how Republicans aren't just terrified by of color, but also by people with vaginas:

    Opinion | The Ivanka Trump Guarantee
     
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  3. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    The greater issue, as described in this article, which focuses on Apple, is that they are contractors, who have no chance at upward mobility, don't have the same health insurance plans, and aren't alllowed to participate in things like "Take Your Child to Work Day".

    They are literally treated like second class citizens.

     
  4. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    We don't invite the building staff to the birthday cake parties in our conference room. Now I feel awful.

    We should outlaw subcontracting then, right?
     
  5. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    I'm not allowed to participate in Take Your Child to Work Day either.
     
  6. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    DQ sorry I edited my post before seeing your response.
     
  7. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Screw Facebook. You don't understand. I want to know what the worker bees at YankeeFan Coffee Machine Repair And World Domination, Inc. get paid.
     
  8. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

  9. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Me either. But we can wear shorts to the office from Memorial Day through Labor Day - so I don't mind not bringing the kid to work or being invited to all the birthday parties in production.

    (Yesterday was the saddest day of the year, when I had to dig some long pants out of the closet.)
     
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  10. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    No. Not literally. Not figuratively. They're not treated like second-class citizens at Apple. Because they don't work for Apple.
     
  11. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    Really?? you're going to pretend to care about the plight of the underclass while supporting Trump? With friends like you, the underclass are surely doomed based on karma alone.

    You worry about their wages, yet you want to:

    Build a wall against mexico
    supporting racial profiling and open violation of civil rights
    support deporting Dreamers
    support nazis in America
    support mocking the disabled
    support sexually assaulting women

    If you were even paying attention to current events, you'd realize that increasing their hourly wage is one of the lowest priorities for the underclass.

    Quit pretending you support the underclass, its demeaning to the underclass to have a "friend" in you.
     
  12. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Shit, at first I thought, "That was supposed to help?" Now I see.
     
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