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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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What a ridiculous statement. Without labor, there would be no value. Amazon didn't become overwhelmingly rich by selling pallets of nothing. Elon musk didn't inherit pockets full of air to gain his fortune. Hell, even Warren Buffet, world renowned investor, doesn't make all of his money investing in companies that sit around and don't produce anything.
Labor is the basis of value. Knowing how to (or often just paying others to) manipulate that labor is what makes billionaires. And very often, the seeds of a billionaire are inherited funds that the average person may not see over their entire lifetime. The whole "smart workers become billionaires" bit is a load of shit and making that statement is being frighteningly blind to the reality of the established classes.