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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For years, I suspected MI5 interfered in the miners’ strike. The truth was even more shocking than I thought | Mark Hollingsworth (www.theguardian.com)

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A document buried in the National Archives reveals how the security service abused its power to help the government win.

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[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 25 points 8 months ago

Although your summary seems correct, it probably omits how vital funds were to the strike, how legal (seems like not very much) was taking help from MI5, and the point that's also omitted from the article which is if the court decision to fine the union was legit in the very beginning.

I'm not familiar with anything related to that strike, but that very much looks like breaking checks and balances and going the totalitarian "we know better" way, even if not to the very depth of it