this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2023
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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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People who make 6 figures with thousands in the bank wondering why they are still miserable: "b-bhut I thought money and owning stuff was supposed to make me happy!" Financial security is but one aspect of finding personal happiness. There people who live in vans scraping by on meager SS who are happy as peaches with their new life. You can be happy and live a comfortable life with very little.
But that's not what people here want to hear. You see what I say and instantly go "haha yet another corpo shill trying to tell me to be happy with owning nothing" I said little not nothing, and I personally believe maybe there's something to be found in ridding yourself of wants and desires. Learning to be happy with what you have while building up your life slowly towards a little more. Im not talking out my ass either I currently am living out that philosophy. I'm sorry if you are in a financial hole right now but money isn't the solution to everything.
You need to suffer real poverty. It is not possible to be happy when you can't afford food, shelter, medical necessities and other basics. This is obvious. Don't try and gas light us.