Grocery chain Trader Joe’s is joining Elon Musk’s SpaceX in arguing that the US labor board, which is prosecuting cases against both companies, is unconstitutional.

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    5 months ago

    If people don’t have the right to decide what their labor is worth, then they are no better than slaves.

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      5 months ago

      I agree with labor protections, but also let’s not compare people who have a choice of workplace, paid a wage, have benefits, aren’t owned by someone, cannot be bought or sold, and count as a full 5/5 of a person for the purposes of federal resource distribution to slaves who had none of those things.