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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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It's less of a pain when the work you do is fun and interesting, but ironically when that's the case you're usually making even more money for someone else.
yes but a factotum is a person who does general, menial jobs, and Bukowski was writing about his (assumed true) experience finding work after being rejected for ~~thrww1~~ the WW2 draft. (EDIT: typo)
It was WWII, and I don't know if he actually got rejected, the end of Ham on Rye implies he just didn't register.
typo, I meant 2.