The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own.

  • @Zink@programming.dev
    10•2 months ago

    Unfortunately, there is a strong implication in American culture that your worth as a human being scales directly with your productivity + net worth. Rich people are intelligent and to be admired

    Now take all that stuff that you pointed out as bad, and add on the fact that your healthcare typically comes from your employer too!

    You probably don’t even need me to tell you that the right wing media in this country would immediately kick into gear and start programming their base to hate the idea of labor market mobility and the market routing around bad employers. Those people ARE the bad employers!

    • @crispyflagstones@sh.itjust.works
      2•2 months ago

      Before long they’re going to start floating some modern version of an indenture contract for service workers and arguing for the reinstatement of serfdom.

      • @Zink@programming.dev
        2•2 months ago

        Oh yeah, and they would be going for it right now if they thought they could get away with it.

        I mean, how could you not appreciate your employer-provided housing and convenience stores? They’re right next to where you work. You don’t even need a car!