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Newly Unsealed Docs in Illegal Wage-Theft Cartel

posted by mrcoolbp on Thursday March 27 2014, @04:35AM   
from the but-everyone's-doing-it dept.

Anonymous Coward writes:

In a follow up to our story a few days ago, Newly unsealed documents from Google and Apple further prove their complicity in a secret illegal agreement to limit employees' careers and wages. Some background on this cartel is available in another article covering the US Department of Justice investigation into this matter earlier this week. When these companies were caught red-handed, blatantly breaking the law, the US government intervened on workers' behalf by asking the companies to, in effect, "please stop doing this," but the proposed settlement will only "be in effect" for the next five years.

Go justice!

• This is why I became a liberal This is why I became a liberal (Score: 5, Insightful) by metamonkey on Thursday March 27 2014, @10:20AM

  by metamonkey (3174) on Thursday March 27 2014, @10:20AM (#22060)

  When I was little, my daddy told me "never attribute to malice what might as well be ignorance." And I believed this. So I was a libertarian and was suspicious of regulations on business. Let companies compete in the free market! Leave them be, government busybodies!

  But then I grew up.

  It is not the purpose of government to serve the people. It is the purpose of government to preserve the status quo. To keep the rich rich and the poor poor. These corporations give massive amounts of money to both political parties, and they get what they pay for. Fat government contracts. Protection from competitors, foreign and domestic. You think they give a shit about unemployment? Hell no. They LOVE unemployment. Keeps the workers in line knowing there's 5 other people who would love to take their job if they get uppity. Student loan debt forgiveness? Hells no. Debt keeps the slaves in line. And if our barristas have Ph.Ds, all the better. Damn tech workers think they're entitled to a middle class lifestyle? Haha, bring in the H1-Bs! Secret backroom deals to cap salaries! The nerve thinking Americans should earn middle class wages...in America. Working at the most profitable companies in history. We need that money to maximize shareholder value! The Dow's through the roof with massive unemployment? Perfect!

  That is not ignorance. That is malice.

  So, fuck 'em. Fuck 'em hard. I am a liberal.

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• Re:This is why I became a liberal Re:This is why I became a liberal (Score: 0, Troll) by Grishnakh on Thursday March 27 2014, @11:25AM

  by Grishnakh (2831) on Thursday March 27 2014, @11:25AM (#22082)

  Obama and his blatant support of these corporations should have cured you of your liberalism. You can't even vote liberal any more, because you'll just get pro-corporate policies.

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  • Re:This is why I became a liberal (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 27 2014, @12:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 27 2014, @12:16PM (#22106)

    The democrats are not the only option for the liberals, just like the republicans aren't the only option for the conservatives.

    Vote your conscience, not for a team. It is the only way democracy can stand up to power even if it looks like a loss in the short term.

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  • Re:This is why I became a liberal Re:This is why I became a liberal (Score: 5, Insightful) by metamonkey on Thursday March 27 2014, @12:54PM

    by metamonkey (3174) on Thursday March 27 2014, @12:54PM (#22115)

    Obama? I said I'm a liberal. Why would I vote for a right-of-center party like the Democrats?

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    • Re:This is why I became a liberal Re:This is why I became a liberal (Score: 3, Informative) by Grishnakh on Thursday March 27 2014, @01:54PM

      by Grishnakh (2831) on Thursday March 27 2014, @01:54PM (#22141)

      Because in America, "Democrat" == "liberal", like it or not.

      Your views basically place you into the "leftist" category. Remember, these political terms have different meanings from place to place. In America, "liberal" means "agrees with the Democrat Party platform".

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      • Re:This is why I became a liberal Re:This is why I became a liberal (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 27 2014, @04:18PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 27 2014, @04:18PM (#22214)

        What juvenile bullshit.

        Liberals plug their noses and vote Democrat because the alternative is so much worse... organized insanity and theocracy (as long as it benefits the 1%)

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        • Re:This is why I became a liberal (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday March 28 2014, @09:27AM

          by Grishnakh (2831) on Friday March 28 2014, @09:27AM (#22497)

          Voting Democrat benefits the 1% too. The policies of the two parties are mostly identical if you ignore the wedge issues.

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