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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Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” - Workers stayed remote even when told they could no longer be promoted. (arstechnica.com)

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Big tech companies are still trying to rally workers back into physical offices, and many workers are still not having it. Based on a recent report, computer-maker Dell has stumbled even more than most.

Dell announced a new return-to-office initiative earlier this year. In the new plan, workers had to classify themselves as remote or hybrid.

Those who classified themselves as hybrid are subject to a tracking system that ensures they are in a physical office 39 days a quarter, which works out to close to three days per work week.

Alternatively, by classifying themselves as remote, workers agree they can no longer be promoted or hired into new roles within the company.

Business Insider claims it has seen internal Dell tracking data that reveals nearly 50 percent of the workforce opted to accept the consequences of staying remote, undermining Dell's plan to restore its in-office culture.

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Remember people, the power is in the workforce.

The greatest con ever conducted was to convince the largest population of people on the face of the planet, the middle class that we have no power.

We hold literally all the power.

All we have to do is collectively as a society stand up to these corporations and tell them that we will work only on our terms not on theirs.

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It's not that the middle class has no power, it simply has too much to lose if they choose to revolt.

What if your revolution fails and you lose your money and your house? What if it succeeds and your new government decides you have too much?

That is why the middle class is a stabilising force in country's politics. And if they lose their stuff, and feel like they have nothing to lose but their chains, then some higher ups lose their heads.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 6 points 5 months ago

Gotta keep on a tight leash, but not too tight. God I love capitalism ^/s^

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Well, the revolt I was more or less referring to would be against private/public business.

We need to as a society start dictating how much things should cost.

Like inflation for example wouldn't exist if as a whole population we simply didn't pay the difference in increased price.

Business would eventually start pricing their good and services to where people wanted to pay as long as they paid.