I've been with my company for ten years but someone else got my promotion. That's messed up.
It certainly is. Wage slavery is not a pleasant thing to experience. Your livelihood depends on your wages and job.
Exactly! I told my boss that and he didn't care. I can't afford to live on what I make now! I haven't had a raise in 5 years!
It's exploitation of labor. With unions being gutted, bargaining power between management and workers has become unequal.
I wish we had a union where I work. Maybe I could check into joining one.
The whole point of unions is to eradicate the inequality of bargaining between the concerned parties, especially as regards corporations.
That's just what we need at my workplace. It seems like we just keep missing out on more and more.
You're not alone, unfortunately. The concept of wage labor and slave labor goes back as far as Cicero in Ancient Rome!