#+title: wage labor

Wage labor is the phenomenon of paying workers wages in exchange for their
[[file:20200716135348-labor_power.org][labor-power]]. It is not unique to [[file:capitalism.org][capitalism]], but under capitalism is the primary
means by which labor occurs. This is different than [[file:20210118224800-feudalism.org][feudalism]], where most labor
was primarily done by [[file:20210310165131-peasantry.org][peasantry]].