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this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2023
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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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One of the big Boston hospitals tried to recruit me for their transplant team once. They wanted to pay me $15,000/year LESS for the privilege of commuting into Boston five days a week and paying for my own parking. Fuck that noise. I'll stay at my little community hospital, thanks. Prestige ain't gonna pay my mortgage.
The big university hospital that I work at charges $200 a month for employee parking, including for the people working near minimum wage.
Doctors park free in designated spots that are closer than patient parking.
ding ding ding We have a winner! How did you know? ๐
Of course, at the rate they're consolidating, we're all gonna be working for MGH soon enough.
Boston does have the MBTA.
Although hospitals run 24/7, and the T doesn't. And even when it's running, sometimes it isn't, because there's a train broken down. Or on fire. Or both.
The Commuter Rail is notoriously as expensive as parking