All and all, I think globalization has been bad for American workers — T Clark
That's a good point. I didn't mention it because I'm not sure any foreign policy position would have much impact on an election here. — T Clark
Edit: javi2541997 - I see you have deleted your post. Why? — Amity
grow enough food to feed the population — Punshhh
Have heard of the mythical Mondrogon corporation. Americans would do well to learn about work cooperatives in school if wasn't always considered anti-American socialist propaganda. — Nils Loc
Wonder if Amazon (corporation) workers in anywhere in the world could get away with this, or is the labor monitoring so fine-tuned that it makes the potential for 'Spanish practices' pretty much impossible. — Nils Loc
Am sure there are very interesting examples of it written down somewhere. — Nils Loc
https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/have-a-rant-spanish-practices-is-an-outdate-phrase/In the Royal Mail’s case, there are apparently 92 ‘Spanish practices’, which are said to include workers claiming overtime if mail volumes reach a certain level, or clocking in and out at the same time so no-one knows what actual hours are worked,—this is indeed my favourite :lol:—and additional payments being claimed for Easter and Christmas, even if no overtime is actually worked.
https://www.worldwidewords.org/topicalwords/tw-spa2.htmThe term became infamous in the 1980s as a result of battles between the print unions and management in the newspaper industry in Fleet Street. The Spanish practices included deliberate overmanning; union control over who was hired; demands for cash payments to remake a page as deadlines approached; machine-room employees who claimed wages for workers who didn’t exist; and men who might be absent for whole days while moonlighting at other jobs but who would be covered by unspoken agreements not to notice.
What's some good poetry you've been reading? — Jafar
I've said this before - I'm glad you are posting more of your own writings here. — T Clark
I wonder where they will locate their Gulag Archipalago? — Wayfarer
Could be a nuclear war. — frank
It's understood that Trump will back an Israeli attack on Iran. — frank
As for Israel, you better be thankful the US donor class "supports" it, because it has no friends left and is a pariah state, for good reason. — Manuel
It seems that men need to see a mother model when they vote. — Eros1982
Are western values beyond criticism?
And why is liberalism the arbiter of truth? — Swanty
I've seen plenty of secular bigotry and xenephobia here. — Swanty
We had some people here (in the Philosophy Forum) who argued that only stupids can vote for Donald Trump. I told them that though I am an immigrant myself, I would never call stupid someone who voted for him. — Eros1982
If Donald Trump is a metaphor for something, what is that something? I mean to you, — frank
But most of all the behavior of his opposition pushed me to support him. — NOS4A2
In what thread did this happen? — ssu
American education system delivers yet again — Banno
"Just watch, once Trump increases the price of all imported goods on the consumer end, inflation will go down. That’s math or something. I think.”
Another aspect of the American education system that will be able to hold strong under Trump is their time honoured tradition of school shootings.
Latino sexism maybe. — frank
It seemed clear to me at least a year out. — AmadeusD
A defeat for the US establishment is a win for the rest of the world. — Tzeentch
At least last time he visited my country where he met Putin, so he know where my country is. — ssu
Dude took all the swing states. Wtf? — frank
Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in 2016 though. — Baden
But I don't understand why people think Trump does anything for them. — Manuel
My point is that democracy isn't in danger... it's in some ways already dead. And people need to realize this in order to rebuild it. — Christoffer
Actually, why does anyone ever think that their elected president is going to fix their life? — Christoffer
Roevember is here! :fire: :party: :hearts: — 180 Proof
This is a case where blaming climate change exclusively is a problem. — frank