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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Return-to-office orders look like a way for elite, work-obsessed CEOs to grab power back from employees (www.businessinsider.com)

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White-collar workers temporarily enjoyed unprecedented power during the pandemic to decide where and how they worked.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I 100% agree there are people in management who just like to have a sense of power over people, but there are big corporations losing money over real-estate.

For starters, if you're a firm who owns a lot of rental office space, you're losing money on the businesses not renewing their license (which I'm not saying this is a bad thing).

Then, you have the huge corporate business who have a huge amount of office space which they own. A company in my city JUST finished a $250-million expansion onto their HQ right as COVID hit. That same land area is in a central location and was even being highly considered for high density housing before the company bought the land. The parking lot for the new building never gets more than half full. Fuck 'em.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

People who aren't always being watched in the office are more likely to unionize as well as fight back when being abused by their emoloyer.