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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They eliminated cashiers and keep the profits. NY Democrats are fighting back. (discuss.online)

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[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

in other words, steal.

Not quite. "Steal" would imply that the people you're taking it from have a legitimate claim of ownership over it.

do you have any idea how to run a company on that scale?

Some of us do. And maybe it doesn't need to be such a large scale in the first place.

what if other companies think that you’re not trustworthy anymore and refuse to do business with you?

Seize them too.

also what about money? just that the company is now held by workers does not somehow suddenly make it have much more money. especially grocery stores maybe have 3% profit margins, that means, even if no CEO siphons off wealth, the company’s ability to spend money increases by maybe 3%, so wages could go up 3%. just to inform you, about what’s realistic here. it’s not as if you’re suddenly having a 3x wage increase.

What about money? If we have the labor, the tools, the farms, and the factories ... what do we need money for?

[–] gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org 1 points 38 minutes ago

i think you're unreasonably assuming here that a revolution would happen everywhere on the planet at the same time. realistically, that's not the case. you start with one place, then another, etc. and in the meantime you have exactly the problems that i cited. how to interact with other entities, etc?