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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.
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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Work-life balance isn't working for women. Why? (apnews.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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About half of working women reported feeling stressed “a lot of the day,” compared to about 4 in 10 men, according to a Gallup report published this week.

The report suggests that competing demands of work and home comprise part of the problem: working women who are parents or guardians are more likely than men who are parents to say they have declined or delayed a promotion at work because of personal or family obligations, and mothers are more likely than fathers to “strongly agree” that they are the default responders for unexpected child care issues.

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

About half of working women reported feeling stressed “a lot of the day,” compared to about 4 in 10 men, according to a Gallup report published this week.

4 in 10 is about half...

The differences in social expectations is a valid topic, but that sentence made me chuckle.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, it's like they wanted to include that stat but also kind of gloss over it to not "all people are stressed" the article. I can see why they did, but yeah, lol.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If we first got those numbers down to 2:10 and 1:10, we could then try to learn why women are reporting being stressed "a lot of the day" at twice the rate of men.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Plus this is 4/10 stubborn men admitting being stressed, the real number has to be higher lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I dunno if I'm in the 4/10 admitting it or the 6/10 lying about it but I'm stressed 20/7 (a generous four hours of REM sleep).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You have non-stressful dreams? Lucky.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I dreamed the other day I totaled my car in a bad accident and then went and bought an Acura and was happy with it.

I don't know what that says about my brain that "bad accident totalling my car" wasn't stressful.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

They almost could have said six of one half dozen of another.