Wow so today I learned that egregious labor violations are utterly widespread throughout the yoga industry
A friend was describing how they "volunteer" at their local yoga studio in exchange for free classes by working 4 hour shifts at the cash register... of a for profit company... where they report to a manager... and whose owner takes regular expensive vacations and lives in a beautiful, spacious home...
Upon further research I found out that this happens at MOST OF THEM
@drewdevault There is a popular restaurant near me where the majority of its staff are "volunteers." In exchange for working there a certain number of hours a month, they can get "free" food. I seriously doubt the COGS on the food that they get in exchange for their labor approaches the wages that they are not paid even if they eat there every day.
The "manager" as far as I can tell is the only paid employee aside from the owners, the instructors are contractors whose own labor conditions are... not good
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