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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Bernie Sanders: Is there a path to remove big money from politics? Goddamn right there is! (youtu.be)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Cris_Color@lemmy.world to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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One of the biggest obstacles facing workers issues in the US is the disproportionate representation that corporate interests recieve, due to funding campaigns indirectly through citizens united. Bernie highlights the end of citizens' united, and public funding for political campaigns as key pathways to fix the outsized political impact of corporate interests

As long as corporate interests bankroll political campaigns, the people we can vote for will be elected partially at the behest of companies, and will have a conflict of interest in representing American workers

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[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

For the sake of being clear, Bernie has criticized Israel very explicitly and has condemned their violence more than the vast majority of US politicians, please don't just take what that random guy said at face value.

Its entirely possible Bernie has a mixed record on Palestine or isn't a perfect representative (I'd need to go look at primary sources and ideally voting records), but the person who left that comment is likely just expressing their anger at feeling like there's not more they can do to help, knowing that innocent lives are being lost

Hopelessness that has turned into bitterness is understandable in the current global political landscape but isn't a good source of credible information

Edit: not gonna go check voting records cause I would have to learn how and barely have the emotional energy to feed myself right now, but here's a quote from sanders' website

“What is happening right now in Gaza is horrendous, it is inhumane, and it is a gross violation of American and international law,”

Here is the page the quote is from, which at a glance explains that as a Jewish American, Bernie is in a unique position to criticize the actions of the Israeli government https://www.sanders.senate.gov/in-the-news/sen-bernie-sanders-has-become-a-leading-critic-of-israels-war-in-gaza/