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Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000-a-year package with a mixture of anger and admiration
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2023
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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.
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- 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.
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- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
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- Better and fewer working hours.
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As a tech worker, I'm super happy they're being compensated so well. We're witnessing the power of workers organizing and I'm loving it. I would like to see unions in tech become a thing, but it's impossible to organize anything with the people here and talking about it openly will get you fired for "completely unrelated" reasons.
Hey, I'm a union organizer at a tech company! Union support is more likely than you think in the industry. It's all about a strong OC forming connections with your coworkers. If you want to be the change, reach out to CODE-CWA!
I think there is real pressure to divide different workers. This article is just one I've been seeing that had this narrative. And no tech worker I know is angry.
It's okay to be angry when it's directed the right way. It's not the driver's with whom anyone should be upset; it's the executives refusing to provide fair compensation that we should all be angry at.
The only thing I’m really afraid of is that with organization, they’d learn how little work I actually do.