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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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Pshh. Yeah.
I have no idea how they passed and we accepted this concept of "Salary means we own you and your thoughts and ideas, labor laws basically don't apply, and you never actually stop working." Absolutely deranged.
It was probably pitched as such a great thing to employees, too, but I've always seen it as a scam.
(No judgment on you personally, of course, if somehow this affords you a good life balance!)
I'm also paycheck-to-paycheck with little in the way of advancement prospects unless one of my creative projects lands. So I'm not exactly writing as a sage of material success or anything ๐.
I do appreciate what little time I have to my own autonomy though. Anything trying to take that from me gets met with stiff resistance.