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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Unions seek gains in hostile territory: ‘If you change the South, you change America’ (www.politico.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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They’re wielding new tactics with low-wage workers after decades of failed organizing efforts.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Metrics can be abused. That doesn’t mean metrics are bad, it just means that you have to be careful how you use them.

Oh. It's a good thing bosses can be trusted to be upright and virtuous and never play favorites.

Not using objective metrics is very bad if you want to get ahead of the lazy do the minimum person who was hired just before you.

If you're working harder than he is, it's because you're a sucker who is voluntarily exploiting yourself. The union is not constraining your boss' magnanimity; it's constraining his ability to exploit you.

Or your ability to exploit your workers.