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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Is this significant? (www.npr.org)

submitted 1 year ago by OwenEverbinde@lemmy.myserv.one to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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I have questions about this event.

First of all,

Democratically Elected

As the first-ever democratically elected leader of the UAW, Fain, a long-time union member himself, has taken a more confrontational approach to negotiations than his predecessors — including filming himself throwing Big Three automaker proposals in the trash.

What was the process before? Was it worse?

Has UAW been a sleeping giant this whole time on account of its leadership selection process?

Stand Up Strikes

But the strike won't involve all of the nearly 150,000 union members who work at the three automakers walking off their jobs en masse.

Instead, workers at three Midwest auto plants — a General Motors assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri, a Stellantis assembly plant in Toledo, Ohio, and part of a Ford plant in Wayne, Mich. -- were the first to walk off the job under UAW president Shawn Fain's "stand up strike" strategy.

Are stand up strikes common? Do they win concessions?

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Delegates to the UAW convention chose top officers

So exactly how the US President is selected? I like that the article (accidentally? Definitely truthfully) implies that the EC is undemocratic 😁

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