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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.
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- 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.
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- 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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My parents and in-laws: $0 student debt
My spouse and me: just shy of $150k
In America I'm free to accrue massive debt! π¦ π΅πΊπΈ
Their education was worth $0 because they allowed the system to exploit their children.
Until recently, encouraged by high school guidance counselors and college admissions and financial aid staff to accrue massive debt.
It IS the smartest of the stupidest moves for some of us. I make much more money than I would have without a degree, so I'll still come out financially ahead. In would have been so much nicer to have gotten a decent education and not be saddled with enough debt to buy a small house (at the time, before the housing market went insane), though.