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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California Dem Barbara Lee defends call for $50 federal minimum wage: 'Just barely enough' (wgme.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And it's not just minimum wage workers... when you sink the wage and salary floor, nearly everyone made less than they should have been.

This is the main roadblock to getting the issue fixed. People making more than minimum but not much more than the increased amount compared their salary and work to minimum wage jobs, never considering that their pay would be raised as a side effect. If people can get nearly the same pay for what they perceive as less work then companies would have to raise wages to keep current and hire new staff going forwards.

Yes other product prices would raise as well, people have more money to spend, but all evidence shows that those would not be the same rate as the wage increase.

It's the classic, "fuck you, I got mine", attitude so prevalent today in our society.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

I have a coworker that will bring up how places like Target are starting to offer a minimum wage almost comparable to his wage as a engineering field technician. “It’s fucked up, I mean imagine if they raised it to your wage as a college grad, how would you feel? Random teenagers making as much as you!”

“It IS fucked up, but not for the reason you think. They SHOULD be making more money… but so should the rest of us!”

He usually just mutters to himself and drops it. Propaganda is a helluva drug.