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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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Tech CEOs are backtracking on RTO mandates—now, just 3% want workers in the office full-time (fortune.com)

submitted 1 month ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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Leaders are perhaps experiencing more resistance than they had anticipated.

Amazon is perhaps the most documented example of how ugly the RTO battle can get: Around 30,000 employees signed a petition protesting the company’s in-office mandate, and more than 1,800 pledged to walk out from their jobs to take a stand.

The tech giant is still complaining that workers are dodging the three-day in-office mandate, over a year after it was announced.

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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

offices cost money. companies that are smart would keep small offices in major cities to entertain clients/customers and act as a space staff who wants to use it can. Like if their electricity goes out or just prefer to go someplace besides home. locate downtown or near the airports

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Exactly what my employer did during the pandemic. Hired more people and reduced the amount of leased office space. Would be impossible to call us back into office now because we simply wouldn't all fit.

No sign of that changing either. They announced just last week that they're letting the lease on a large chunk of our remaining offices lapse next year, and have already sub-leased out about half of that. We're fully remote for good at this point.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 1 month ago

same here. had a name for it that was sorta like work where you want to but realistically only a slice of the company could actually work from an office. I mean just on population it would make sense to do like NY, LA, chicago, and then either houston or dallas.