RaymondPierreL3<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@RichardSiggs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RichardSiggs</span></a></span> <br>Linking better <a href="https://aus.social/tags/pay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pay</span></a> to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a> only fuels the fallacy that productivity increases come from workers working harder. This is a non-sequitur. </p><p>Higher wages are required to maintain and improve livelyhood in society, yes. Business owners wishing to improve productivity must reinvest a portion of their profits to modernise production tooling and methods as well as expending funds into ‘research’ for such improvements.<br> <br>Let’s not give the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/grifting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grifting</span></a> system ammunition to squeeze yet more ‘production’ out of workers using old and ineficient <a href="https://aus.social/tags/tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tools</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/processes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>processes</span></a>. <br> <br>Linking higher <a href="https://aus.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> to productivity is just as damaging as linking so-called wage <a href="https://aus.social/tags/spirals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spirals</span></a> to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Economics101" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics101</span></a> - don’t fall for <a href="https://aus.social/tags/neoliberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberal</span></a> economic scams </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/InUnity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InUnity</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/JoinYourUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoinYourUnion</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Reinvestment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reinvestment</span></a></p>