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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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The dominant view of workers is not that they create value, but that they are an expense that should be cut whenever possible to allow for the profit to go to the capitalists. They don’t have to justify it, because fundamentally they believe that all of it is theirs. Rather, it means that anything that increases costs has to be justified to them, because the default position is that they deserve 100% of every bit of wealth created.
Thank you. That is a wonderfully written. It puts things into perspective.