Topic: Economic situation declining and famous celebs not paying workers (Read 816 times)

Yeah but the celebrities are bringing nothing to the table. When everyone had his basic needs fullfiled it was cool to watch celebrities on instagram how they live, eat and sleep. In times of crisis like we have now where people don't even can feed their family we should start thinking what justification is there for celebs? Do we really need them?

My answer is definitely no. Just look at Ellen Degeneres, who was supposed to be a that super nice person helping people in need. Now it comes out she is actually a very mean person and treats her own employees very badly.

We should stop empowering all these celebrities. The only power they have, is the one we give them.

People who saved when they had lot to spend is having their living without much difficulty. One who hasn't saved, but led a happy life out of the earnings without making any saving is suffering much. In my country government paid every family $15, and the lockdown is still continuing. When government itself doesn't have responsibility, these celebrities will also do the same as there is none to rise voice for the suffering humanity.

It isn’t easy for everybody. Especially the workers. And even celebrities. The economy is unfair to everyone, including those celebrities and companies. It’s very easy to criticize others on what they haven’t done right, especially when we have never been in their shoes. In the middle of this pandemic, I criticized some companies on why they don’t even pay their salaries or pay half salary. But when I imagined myself in their shoes, I saw another angle of things. They have been hit hard too. And yes, some companies and celebrities were out of the line.

I agree with you on people getting educated on starting their brands and acquiring skills. But it isn’t that easy. Many of those workers are in serious need of food. It’s not easy for a hungry person to start a business.

We are all hit by the pandemic. Some are just more hit than the other.

I think this only happens in some companies ,those who has demonic bosses  in which they are not treating employees as human instead they are machinery that needs to make their company growing and this is the sad reality mate.
i hate to see people are crying for food when they have some  amount  to claim for their works.
But lets admit that the government now cannot focus in these cases thats why these people are taking advantage of the situation.lets see what happens when  everything comes back to normal,I'm sure those countries that has Leader that loves masses?they will back turn to these employer with hammer hands.
remember that even there are trillions of money being collected from taxes the infrastructures ,and all the calamity assistance,and in this case employers have obligation to Their employee to at least help out in small ways.
because more than everything this is the time that government and companies to stay together and  help each other.
this cannot be done by government  itself,they must help in small things  that they can.

What hurts more is that when we as common man cannot think of positively for the workers then how can we expect big celebs who are always mean and self centered to be caring towards the workers. People who have never seen tough times don't understand the pain of others  and that is the reason why we have so many mean people around us.

If there is no business then no matter how big the company is, will refuse to pay you because its business and they will be stupid from money point of view.And why people are still working if there is no pay for longer time just stop doing any works in all of a sudden then only the management will hear your voices.

imho if anyone should help people then its the state - because it receives trillions of taxes from both companies and ordinary people. If the state does not do this, then do not throw all the blame on the business. Many employers pay their employees salaries either on vacation or continue to work by organizing a remote workflow.
I understand this desire to blame on the business, "take and share», etc but it will not work in this way

Even celebs like Kylie Jenner who makes more than what these workers combined would make in a lifetime ignored the plea of the workers asking them to pay them so that they don't die of hunger.

All of this shows the effects of quarantine , the declining economic situation have sure effected the small companies, minority workers paid not even what we would call a reasonable payment.

Celebrity and entertainment do not know how to manage their money, always looks like they will be on the top and never try to make passive income when their popularity have gone, I know with many celebrity does not exist again have begin with zero after lost all popularity and they left by fans and their family.

People are not ready to go for this lockdown, they can't do it. This is why I am not happy with China, their government that refused to reveal this situation on time, and they didn't even take action by stopping air travels to other countries as a way to stop the virus from going into other countries.

I also understand that all parties are affected by this corona virus, including celebrities and big companies. But that does not mean
for that reason they do not perform their obligation to pay workers. Celebrity and big companies should realize that the impact of
workers is much greater, if these workers are not paid then there is a possibility that they and their family cannot eat.

I do think most of the people out there are aware of the fact that many big celebrity bands and companies due to Quarantine Declined the payment to the people working for them in small underdeveloped countries like Bangladesh.
People started commenting on the posts of these brands and celebs *pay up* , the comments were soon turned off on their Instagram handle.
I do not know if this topic has already been started but I did think it would help to spread the word.
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https://www.npr.org/2020/06/05/869486297/for-bangladeshs-struggling-garment-workers-hunger-is-a-bigger-worry-than-pandemi

A sad statement by a worker mentioned:
*I will die of hunger before I die of the virus*

Some brands agreed to pay up after the people were enraged and in distress , it's a small price to pay when these people are not even making 100$ a month and they are selling the product they make 10 times the profit sometimes.

__________________________________________________________ Around £2.4 billion was withheld from the workers of small factories.

Even celebs like Kylie Jenner who makes more than what these workers combined would make in a lifetime ignored the plea of the workers asking them to pay them so that they don't die of hunger.

All of this shows the effects of quarantine , the declining economic situation have sure effected the small companies, minority workers paid not even what we would call a reasonable payment.

All of it have affected the small workers and companies more , problem is most of their companies are even eligible for the government grants !!

Human rights workers contacted these companies and talked with them too , good news is some companies did agree to pay up and at the same time they distributed masks for the workers and improved the health conditions.

This is how unfair the economy is , this is what we mean when we say the poor is getting poorer and the rich is getting Richer .

I do think these companies and celebs should not only pay up they should also face charges for doing this .

[ This is how strong the company label is , it might have been made in a small slum area but when it goes to big countries and companies its sold off for 10-20 times their normal value ]

What if these people , these small workers start their own brands and directly receive payments in Bitcoins ?  What matters is skills , the price will be cheaper for the person buying it and these people will even make more.
[ Payments options can be varied , they can accept wide variety of payments and maybe educated people living near them can help them with investments , even if they start selling their products locally it would be a great deal ! ]

This is why educating people about their options are important, I do think we should spread the word , support the small markets , this pandemic has shown how pity some of these big companies are .

Celebrity and entertainment do not know how to manage their money, always looks like they will be on the top and never try to make passive income when their popularity have gone, I know with many celebrity does not exist again have begin with zero after lost all popularity and they left by fans and their family.

I also understand that all parties are affected by this corona virus, including celebrities and big companies. But that does not mean
for that reason they do not perform their obligation to pay workers. Celebrity and big companies should realize that the impact of
workers is much greater, if these workers are not paid then there is a possibility that they and their family cannot eat.