minus-squareSeagoon_@aussie.zonetoAustralia@aussie.zone•From $30 parmigianas to $15 pints, can Australia still afford the pub?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·5 hours agoWages. We could easily afford beers and parmas if we had the same wage levels as we had 50 years ago Australians earn **one third **the real buying power of the 1970s. We earn ONE THIRD of what we used to **employers took the difference in value **and stores kept increasing prices the problem is the wages **join a union ** linkfedilink
minus-squareSeagoon_@aussie.zonetoAustralia@aussie.zone•Swapping out red meat and creamy pasta sauce could significantly cut household emissions, Australian research findslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agocame here to write the exact same thing linkfedilink
Wages.
We could easily afford beers and parmas if we had the same wage levels as we had 50 years ago
Australians earn **one third **the real buying power of the 1970s.
We earn ONE THIRD of what we used to
**employers took the difference in value **and stores kept increasing prices
the problem is the wages
**join a union **