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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In 2019, Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan. Productivity jumped 40% (www.cnn.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/workreform

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

The future where only some people need to work will literally never come. It relies on the premise that the ownership class will give up ownership. They will not.

The machines that increase the productivity and reduce the need for manual labor will just increase profit for the owner/shareholders. Increases in productivity mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for the common person. You already hear this argument now in the form of "I took the risk and put up capital to run the business so I deserve the lions share of profits." That argument will just become "I put forward the capital to buy the machines that produce the products, why do you deserve any of it!?"

The same could be said for AI. "I paid for the license to run this AGI, why should you get anything from my profit!?"

[–] 2pt_perversion 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I mean for some AI at least it was directly trained on material from random internet people. I deserve money from any chatgpt work because I made a lot of Reddit comments.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

While I agree...

Asshole CEOs: YoU PuT iT iN a PuBlIc SpAcE sO iT's MiNe NoW!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah and then they'll turn around and say the exact opposite of oh it's a private server so we own your information because it's private and you agreed to it by using our service

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

That's why you've got to take it