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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'Leave them stranded': Rideshare drivers shut off apps at Atlanta airport, boycott for hours (www.fox5atlanta.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If you have company flying into Atlanta for the holidays, they may have a hard time getting a ride to your place.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Seattle has very limited places you can get to on it. SeaTac to downtown is great but neighborhood connections are all via bus. We are working on it and hopefully by the time my kids are adults they can actually get around the city using it.

Solidarity to drivers though, fuck rideshare companies.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Seattle has very limited places you can get to on it. SeaTac to downtown is great but neighborhood connections are all via bus.

You're burying the lede on one of Seattle's coolest things about Seattle's buses and Link trains. Your Trolley busses!

Seattle does something I haven't really seen elsewhere for their light rail. The trains are powered by overhead electrical catenary wires, and the rails in stations and many tunnels are level to the ground.

So some of the tunnels under the city are just level paved which means the Trolley buses can use the same tunnels as the Train! It was surreal to be on the bus with the diesel engine running through city streets, then the bus took a ramp down to the "train tracks", hooked up to the catenary overhead, diesel engine stops and electric motor purrs to life, then you're driving in the same tunnel under the city that the Link train does at other times.

Seattle also has a completely separate light rail transport in its Monorail!

I didn't even mention the S.L.U.T!

Seattle public transport gets high marks from me for usability and value.