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I need advice. My family has a construction business and takes in a large amount. I have recently started and have responsibilities that are tough but am not doing near the physical labor of the out of office workers. I overheard one of these workers speaking about wages( my Spanish is pretty middle of the boat). I walked up to him and asked what he was talking about and his eyes got watery and he acted like he didn’t understand even though his English is great. I think he didn’t want to discuss what he was talking about with me being the boss’s son. I want to tell him to get the other guys and ask for more money from my family but almost feel like I’m betraying my family. I know they should be paying more even if they already give great benefits and pay slightly above market price…

I won't say the name of the restaurant, but it's a deli with a name that is difficult to pronounce, tied to a very popular cinnamon roll company in the United States. My coworker sliced his hand on the meat slicer, spraying blood everywhere. There was a sign above the meat slicer that said “If you cut yourself on the meat slicer, while not wearing a protective glove, you will be fired immediately”. They didn't provide a protective glove, and nobody was willing to buy one because we were making $8 an hour (the owner was very proud of us because minimum wage was $7.25). My manager wanted to protect his job, so he sent the guy to the hospital, and told me to wash the blood off of the meat and finish slicing it. I refused. I had to convince her to stage a pretend drop of the meat…

I used to think like some of those hardcore conservatives/boomers (whatever name suits them best) and believed that if I worked hard enough and put in the extra time, I'd be successful regardless of what everyone may say. I was even against what those hateful old boomers call “free handouts.” I was born and rasied to think that you need to slave away and enjoy life later when you retire, when your old and feeble. Little did I know that this country is quickly on its way to self-destruction and I can see that the problems keep stacking up, they arent going away anytime soon. I now know that my way of thinking was really dumb and am so glad that I was more open-minded before I grew old and stayed in my ways. I didnt really open my eyes until I came across this sub reddit and the few…