• roguetrick@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    That’s funny. We would never call someone doing specialized work like digging a tunnel through a mountain just laborers in the US.

    Edit: and it’s very funny that wildcat miners are the ones that saved them

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      11 months ago

      I work in construction and I don’t know that I agree. They’re digging a tunnel for a road, not mining, and earthworks crews generally consistent of equipment operators and labourers.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah we all know the US has such a stellar track record for workers rights lol.

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          I wonder if to some extent it’s because of the title inflation in the United States; an effort to give employees a sense of value without actually paying them more