Hope Jamieson
@hopej709.bsky.social
Affordable housing nerd. Founder and chief consultant at Annex Consulting. PhD candidate in MUNL's Faculty of Business Administration. They/them.
In a globalized world, worker power is reduced and needs other interventions beyond theoretical bargaining power (see: the Loblaw's strike of 2020). Also, I'm not for public $$ subsidizing creation of more surplus revenue by giving corps the excuse that people don't need higher wages b/c UBI.
February 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In a globalized world, worker power is reduced and needs other interventions beyond theoretical bargaining power (see: the Loblaw's strike of 2020). Also, I'm not for public $$ subsidizing creation of more surplus revenue by giving corps the excuse that people don't need higher wages b/c UBI.
As I often say, we shouldn't have to make the economic argument for human dignity, but conveniently, there it is.🤷♂️
February 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
As I often say, we shouldn't have to make the economic argument for human dignity, but conveniently, there it is.🤷♂️
2/ Also, the total program cost is +/- what homelessness cost Canadian taxpayers *in 2007* (Gaetz, 2012) and they didn't look at reductions in social services costs, so it's likely this program would be revenue neutral-to-positive.
February 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
2/ Also, the total program cost is +/- what homelessness cost Canadian taxpayers *in 2007* (Gaetz, 2012) and they didn't look at reductions in social services costs, so it's likely this program would be revenue neutral-to-positive.