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In reply to the discussion: After protest, Amazon workers finally get AC (some work in 110 degree temps for $11/hr) [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)because jobs that are done in extreme conditions can be done in ways that mitigate those conditions or in ways that ignore the conditions and thus make things as brutal as possible for the workers. They have probably the worst job in the US. The average migrant farm worker in CA is 28, male and born in Mexico, he makes about 5,000 a year in the fields and his life expectancy is 49 years of age. All of that is deeply amoral and certainly not acceptable as the standard, in fact is it a shame that we allow anyone to work under those conditions for that sort of pay. Using their oppression as reason for others to be oppressed is probably not what they want. Then again, they are here to exploit, rhetorically and economically and physically. Life expectancy, 49.