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Old 11-26-2019, 03:59 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Tomk2 View Post
However, it sounds like he is really standing behind all the booksellers he didnt fire.

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Mostly because Riggio fired most of the experienced staff last year.

https://teleread.org/2018/02/14/barn...or-this-world/

If the suit is true, he's just finishing the job.

Bear in mind that his UK staff was protesting low salaries this year:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...y-val-mcdermid

...and quit over the lack of action:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...ve-bookselling

It doesn't sound like he links low salaries with the degrading of bookselling as a career, which is not what minimum wages are for.

For all the griping about Amazon, at least their salary floor is $15 these days. Still not career levels but it's nearly double the legal minimum.
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