Agreed. Billionaires should not exist (100% wealth tax above 9,999,999), and all companies should be owned by the employees so everyone gets an equal share of the profits.
this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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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.
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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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Yes, it is a system of slavery with wages. I refuse to work to make the rich even richer still, which eliminates most job prospects. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery
It can be remedied by introducing democracy and profit-sharing in the workplace in the form of employee ownership. A well-known business of this form is Bob's Red Mill. https://www.bobsredmill.com/employee-owned
Our parents and grandparents' generation fought so hard in the 50s, unionised and organised strikes, to end this despicable practice.
70 years on we've found ourselves under the same sort of economic slavery!
The illusion has crumbled. I travel for work, and you know what I see. The same crap everywhere. The same restaurants, the same stores, the same hotels, the same everything. And more often than not with not enough staff to keep it open. How many places I have seen with reduced hours. Fast food places with only drive through open at 2pm. My point being that the legs the rich are standing on are crumbling.