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_m96l
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In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but ...
There are many ways to suppress wages besides wage-fixing collusion. About 25% of American workers have non-compete clauses in their work agreements, for instance.
pmiller2
on Oct 14, 2018
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True, but non competes are mostly unenforceable in California, so that doesn’t account for the situation in the Bay Area.
rebelwebmaster
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Only when people decide to fight them. Sadly, many people un-aware of their dubious legality honor them even if they are in fact unenforceable.
_m96l
on Oct 15, 2018
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The wage gap exists outside of California, and California also happens to be the only state in which non-competes are strictly voided by the courts.
Outside the Californian bubble, they're a big problem.
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