StrikerM to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoA new trend in tipping emergeslemmy.worldimagemessage-square160fedilinkarrow-up198
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minus-squareGhostalmedialinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoIt stopped being a cultural thing decades ago. Now it’s about about companies not paying employees a living wage and America’s right wing constantly blocking legislation that would force employers to pay people enough to have shelter and food.
minus-square@entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-211 months ago~It actually started as an economic thing too, because businesses during the great depression weren’t able to consistently pay living wages.~ Edit: I was wrong, see below
minus-square@Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish0•11 months agoIt was originally a way to be able to hire black people and not pay them
It stopped being a cultural thing decades ago. Now it’s about about companies not paying employees a living wage and America’s right wing constantly blocking legislation that would force employers to pay people enough to have shelter and food.
~It actually started as an economic thing too, because businesses during the great depression weren’t able to consistently pay living wages.~
Edit: I was wrong, see below
It was originally a way to be able to hire black people and not pay them