Work Reform

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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

Our Philosophies:

All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.

Our Goals

Higher wages for underpaid workers.
Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
Better and fewer working hours.
Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.

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Screw you peasants (lemmy.today)

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[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe people closer to median income think six figures is well off but it’s really not anymore. None of the people i know with six figure income think they’re well off, especially not in an expensive state like Massachusetts.

Mustn't even be an expensive state. The fact alone that healthcare is bound to having a job, paints a horrible misery just 2 bad lucks with Bad timing away...

Especially considering that people tend to up their lifestyle with every additionally earned buck. If you dont save 90% of your 250k net a year, you're still just poor

As a society we do a poor job of providing for our people, so there’s always another fee or subscription or tax. There’s always another person looking for a tip or to extract a profit from your needs

Guess that's a global capitalism-thing, not just us-american. It's the same here. We pay the worst for the most important jobs (nurses etc) and then wonder why noone wants to work there anymore. But ceo-pays rise massively like everywhere else...disgusting.

Maybe all those years of negative headlines never went as nationwide as I thought but anyone in ny, nj, New England area knew what he was and have no excuse

I only marginally got news about him before he went gaga as potus. But I'm no murican, so that is obvious. Maybe people just forgot? Or didn't care, or did knew and cared but were evil. Or just dumb. I imagine the clown drove a big campaign-circus being "the change the USA needs". At least he delivered. He made the USA great again. Just not for the poor but the very rich. Who would've thought a billionaire would do such a thing, I'm flabbergasted.