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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Why companies say you're 'family' while underpaying you (therealnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by LollerCorleone@kbin.social to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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Felix Allen, a recently fired New Orleans-based organizer at Lowe's, recounts the measures taken by his employer to prevent his store from unionizing.

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Talk rather than pay" came with MBA-style management in the 1980s along with thing like calling employees "human resources".

There was a period not that long ago when this kind of stuff was very visible as ridiculously over-inflated job titles (but not pay) in Tech Companies and I did know quite a lot of people when I was in Startups who had job titles which were way above their actual responsabilities or simply ridiculous (whilst I, as a freelancer, just got paid very well and didn't really had a job title).