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Amazon, DoorDash and Walmart are trapping workers in poverty, UN poverty expert says (web.archive.org)

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"I am extremely disturbed that workers in some of the world's most profitable companies – in one of the richest countries on earth – are struggling to afford to eat or pay their rent,” said Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.

“Multi-billion dollar companies should be setting the standard for working conditions and wages, not violating the human rights of their workers by failing to pay them a decent wage,” De Schutter said.

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[–] davehtaylor@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a feature, not a bug. Keep people impoverished so they're willing to accept whatever horrifying, exploitative conditions necessary to keep a job.

Capitalism is the problem.

[–] drwho@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I was going to say - it's working as designed.