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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Microsoft CEO's pay rises 63% to $73m, despite devastating year for layoffs (t.co)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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Microsoft boss Satya Nadella will earn a wallet-busting $79.1m (£60.9m) this financial year, up 63 percent on his compensation for 2023.

The huge boost to Nadella's pay in both cash and stock, announced by Microsoft last night, comes after a positive year overall for the company's financial revenues - but a turbulent 12 months for its employees.

2024 has seen two mass layoffs at Microsoft, with 1900 staff laid off in January, before a further 650 Xbox employees were shown the door in September.

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[–] GhostFaceSkrilla@lemmy.world 52 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

Eat. The. Rich.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

We can't even get people to go outside and meet live humans for sex anymore, everyone has switched to online apps for dating. People order food and groceries because we learned from Covid we don't need to actually interact with other people.

Does anyone actually expect us to mobilize and topple powerful financial institutions? We have the most comfortable society on Earth in the US. Despite how miserable everyone is, nobody wants to leave their soft chairs and giant computer monitors and immersive video games and discord chat channels where you can mute and block anyone you don't like. The only thing that could possibly change our course at this point would be some transhumanist/singularity nonsense like artificial general intelligence being developed and wrecking the economy.

But that's tech being developed and controlled by the wealthy elite, so my hopes faded long ago.

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 8 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Maybe someone can make an app, so I can have someone paid at an insultingly low hourly rate to go protest/riot in my place?

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Now that's creative :D But you gotta make sure one buyer = one rioter

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 3 points 3 weeks ago

2.49 extra for assured personal rioter. Otherwise you'll get the standard service where your rioter may have another riot to attend to first.

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