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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.
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- 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.
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- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
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- Better and fewer working hours.
- Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
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i think a one of the largest problems with democracies nowadays is the influence of money on them. if that were removed we could actually move to a more reasonable world
You're absolutely right. There's so much broken with our existing democracies at the higher levels (and municipally as well, I'm sure), that it is maybe too optimistic to try and extend to influence of the political class into more industries.
I have a hunch that workplace democracy (usually in the form of unions) is one of the lowest hanging fruits to improve the situation overall, and it's still hypothetically within our reach in much of the global North. That is, it's still a risk, but it's unlikely that the army will be called in the open fire on strikers (yet).