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Economy

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,647 posts) Wed Dec 22, 2021, 03:14 PM Dec 2021

For Day Laborers, Wages Are Booming and Jobs Are Plentiful

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Day laborers, who have long struggled at the bottom of the U.S. economic ladder, are in high demand at sites like e-commerce warehouses, giving them leverage to earn $25 per hour or more https://wsj.com/articles/for-day-laborers-wages-are-booming-and-jobs-are-plentiful-11639926006?st=bvacaeh77v5kmwr&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter via
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For Day Laborers, Wages Are Booming and Jobs Are Plentiful
Due to a worker shortage in a growing economy, day laborers are enjoying leverage they haven’t before known.

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For Day Laborers, Wages Are Booming and Jobs Are Plentiful (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 OP

So both the employers and employees are evading all taxes including unemployment and workers comp MichMan Dec 2021 #1

MichMan

(11,987 posts)

1. So both the employers and employees are evading all taxes including unemployment and workers comp