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by mschuster91 1212 days ago
For a lot of regions, employees are up against the only large employer in their area - be it Tesla, Walmart or Amazon. The latter actually is famous for setting up shop in devastated areas because labor there is cheap and forced by circumstances to accept whatever conditions they are given.
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People living in poor areas will be devastated to know that a big employer is opening up shop near them.
The problem is the leverage these big employers have - they are free to deal with their workers as they want, including underpaying, breaking laws like anti-union busting regulations...
The good thing about people is that they have feet to walk away from those areas with.
And cake to eat, no doubt.