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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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I feel like if I ran a company, I would have folded my hand after Kellogg's and the Big Three automakers lost their respective labor disputes.
"Oh, these are your demands? Done. Better than selling my customers the media equivalent to glue-frosted pop tarts for the next two months because I can't admit I need my own workers."
I know there wouldn't be any billionaires if people thought that way. It just seems so much more sane and well adjusted.
The CEOs can't do that even if they thought it a good idea. They answer to shareholder boards.
Funny enough the first billionaire was Rockefeller after his monopoly was broken up. He still owned a stake in all the compnaies, so it really just helped him diversify.
Dragged, kicking and screaming, to unprecedented wealth.
What a strange world we live in.