You’re Lucky You Have a House, Peasant! – @berniesrevolution on Tumblr
https://blog.taursnd.haus/display/1a041b09-2167-f2cb-0356-431099753227
You’re Lucky You Have a House, Peasant! – @berniesrevolution on Tumblr
https://blog.taursnd.haus/display/1a041b09-2167-f2cb-0356-431099753227
The company didn't even pay the workers money - just "#CompanyScrip": coupons to use at the #CompanyStore. Red Jacket gave its workers a $0.09/car raise - and raised prices at the company store by $0.25/item.
The workers struck, Red Jacket sued. The 4th Circuit refused to apply the Clayton Act, following a precedent from a case called #DuplexPrinting that held that the Clayton Act only applied to people who stood "in the proximate relation of employer and employee."
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#Finland's #berry business: #Thai 'tourists' work 14-hour days, often owing the #CompanyStore
"Olli Sorainen was suspended from his job at the Ministry for Economic Affairs and #Employment this autumn, as police investigated claims of #bribery and abuse of office around his interactions with berry firms."