Mary Poppins: [reading the advertisement] Now about my wages; the reference here is very obscure.
Mr. Banks: [dazed] Very obscure.
Mary Poppins: We must be clear on that point, mustn't we?
Mr. Banks: Yes, we must indeed.
Mary Poppins: I shall require every second Tuesday off.
Mary Poppins: On second thoughts, I believe a trial period would be wise.
Mary Poppins: Hmm. I'll give you one week—I'll know by then.
So: Share your salary info. with your coworkers. Your employers are not allowed to prevent you from talking about pay. I know it's uncomfortable, but honest discussion around compensation empowers workers, especially underrepresented ones. Demand fair pay for your work.
Labor is like any other commodity in the market — increase the demand for it and you increase the price of it. Reduce the supply of black labor by colonizing the black laborer out of the country, and by precisely so much you increase the demand for and wages of white labor.
This is the trickle down lie: that if you help big business, this will create better jobs & wages. NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER THAT THIS IS TRUE!
Those who spend their days sweating at their job should not have to sweat about their lives at night.
I’m very concerned about the 46.5 million people living in poverty, and the great majority of middle-class Americans who can barely afford their homes (or have lost them). I am very concerned for the people who can’t pay for the education of their children. In short, I am concerned for the people who can’t buy into the American dream because the financial programs of this country are so tilted in favor of the rich.
Third-world countries have substantially lower production costs. They have lower overhead and pay their workers a lot less. As a businessman, I have an obligation to all of my employees and to consumers and stockholders to produce the best product at the lowest possible price.