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akhier t1_j80q5bp wrote on February 10, 2023 at 7:44 PM

Reply to comment by insofarincogneato in Temple University deactivated health insurance of all striking graduate workers today by TransFattyAcid

That is literally how it started from what I remember. Great depression and all that, so businesses needed some way to pay their workers without actually paying them and thus benefits like healthcare were put on the table.