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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Gen Z is actually taking sick days, unlike their older coworkers. It’s redefining the workplace (fortune.com)

submitted 2 months ago by return2ozma to c/workreform

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen 45 points 2 months ago (2 children)

From my experience, it is everyone, regardless of age. COVID changed things.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've started wearing a mask if I'm feeling sick, which was unthinkable before 2020.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just stay home when I'm sick unless I have to go out. And then I wear a mask.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 4 points 2 months ago

I just stay home as much as possible

[–] Luvs2Spuj 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For some people perhaps. I sadly still go to an office occasionally and I'm astonished that there are people clearly unwell coughing and sneezing all over the place. Last time I went I came back with Covid and was out for nearly a week.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

My ex-coworker used to come in obviously sick. "Yeah I've got all the NyQuil symptoms." He would then proceed to cough all over the shared workspace for 4 hours, inevitably coming to the conclusion that he needed to go home. Not coincidentally, this was also about the time that volume picked up and the real work started.

He also got mad at me once when I didn't congratulate him for cutting back on smoking after he spent two+ weeks in the hospital for COPD.

Thankfully we no longer work together anymore. I quit and he died in his 50s.