wage slavery

Noun

Meaning

wage slavery (uncountable)

(derogatory) Employment with very low income, or dependence on wages for survival.

Examples

Social mobility, or the hard work and risk that it may entail, are thus not considered to be a redeeming factor by critics of the concept of wage slavery. Source: Internet

The imagery of wage slavery was widely used by labor organizations during the mid-19th century to object to the lack of workers' self-management. Source: Internet

But I wonder why you are so uncritical of institutions like the nuclear family and “corporate capitalism”/”wage slavery”/whatever else you’d want to call the current economic system. Source: Internet

This was partially due to slave psychological strategies under an economic system different from capitalist wage slavery. Source: Internet

This work was considered prestigious–good,clean work in pleasant surroundings which paid better than factory wage slavery. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms