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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UAW Files Federal Labor Charges Against Donald Trump and Elon Musk for Attempting to Intimidate and Threaten Workers (uaw.org)

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[–] [email protected] 118 points 2 months ago (1 children)

“When we say Donald Trump is a scab, this is what we mean. When we say Trump stands against everything our union stands for, this is what we mean,” said UAW President Shawn Fain. “Donald Trump will always side against workers standing up for themselves, and he will always side with billionaires like Elon Musk, who is contributing $45 million a month to a Super PAC to get him elected. Both Trump and Musk want working class people to sit down and shut up, and they laugh about it openly. It’s disgusting, illegal, and totally predictable from these two clowns.”

Huge respect for Shawn Fain and the UAW.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago

UAW is a hero workforce. Proud of those brothers/sisters/siblings.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This past month, I moved from Texas - a state that bans collective bargaining rights for public employees - to Oregon. Oregon has strong unions for educators, so I was prouder than a new dad to pay my dues for this year.

After almost 20 years teaching in Texas, where your teacher's organization dues are really only lawsuit insurance. Sure, they will send reps to school board meetings to fight for better wages, but they really have no power at all. You even whisper the word "strike", and the Texas Education Agency will cancel your certification permanently. So this is a very welcome change.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

the people who extol austin's virtues blow my mind; have they even lived there?!!!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Many of the people who move to Austin nowadays are Bay Area tech workers that only care about paying lower taxes

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

I'm a Blue Collar Worker who gets paid Minimum Wage and I'm voting for the Man who INSULTED me and My Want to make a Decent Life for myself and my Children!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Add their IQs together and the result is closer to 50 than 100. Add their maturity levels together and the result wouldn't be able to get a learners permit in most states.

The fact that they have so much is testament to the inherent failure of capitalism.