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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Missouri governor repeals paid sick leave law approved last year by voters (apnews.com)

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Eight months after voters approved it, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the repeal of a law Thursday that had guaranteed paid sick leave to workers and inflationary adjustments to the minimum wage.

The move marked a major victory for the state’s largest business group and a frustrating defeat for workers’ rights advocates, who had spent years — and millions of dollars — building support for the successful ballot measure. The repeal will take effect Aug. 28.

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[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 34 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Ballot actions do nothing if Regressives are elected.

Ballot actions AND Progressives!

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Either way, it’s incrementalism. And as we’ve seen, any rights won will be clawed back.

The only good fix is revolution. The master’s tools will not destroy the master’s house.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I dunno man, the master's sledgehammer and sickle can pretty effectively destroy both the house and the master respectively.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

Those are our tools. The master does not labor.