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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U.S. workers are less satisfied with nearly every aspect of their jobs than they were a year ago, survey finds (www.cnbc.com)

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[–] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Overall job satisfaction among U.S. employees increased a modest 0.4 percentage points in 2023 from the year prior, according to the Conference Board’s annual Job Satisfaction survey released this month. A 62.7% majority of respondents reported being content at work last year, the highest share since the survey began in 1987.

But that record doesn’t tell the whole story: Worker sentiment fell across all 26 subcomponents of job satisfaction measured in the poll, which collected responses online from 1,699 working U.S. adults in November.

Wat?

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 months ago

Could be that people prioritize the underlying categories differently and based their satisfaction on one they rated positively but most others were underwater. Like if you asked sports fans "are sports fun to watch" and then asked them to if each team was fun to watch. They're likely to rate their team as more fun to watch than other teams, and in turn base their opinion of sports on watching their team, while they may not enjoy watching any of the others. Overall the survey could indicate that the majority dislike watching every team even as they also say they like watching sports.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You ask someone “How’s life?” they’re likely to say “Alright” or “Not bad”.

You ask “How’s the knee doing?” or “You still saving for that cruise?” and you’ll get a much more detailed answer which may completely contradict the original “Not bad”.

[–] isles@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Is that the methodology used here? I'd have guessed the Overall was an aggregate of the subcategories, not it's own question. I wonder if the overall would be lower if it was asked last, after considering all the other areas.