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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.
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- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
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Individual workers do not have the leverage to "stand up for themselves," they just get knocked down. In all likelyhood, this was just the contract that Cathy was offered.
Their leverage is their value to the company. If you're not capable of providing more than minimum value for your employer, then why should you work for that company? Find a company you can do more for.
That's not much leverage when there are many, many, people who need work to to live. Against a lone laborer, management holds almost all the cards. There's always someone more desperate.
Are you for real? "Find a company you can do more for"? Fuck that. More like:
Why would I ever do more work than what I'm being compensated for?
Not all of us "live to work." There's more to life than your job.