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this post was submitted on 23 Oct 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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You know, I am Gen X and honestly have never thought I'd be able to retire. I worked when pregnant until the day I had the baby, every time.
I now just try to keep work sustainable, take my PTO, don't give them everything now for some potential future return.
No, I don't need paid employment to have a full and happy life. There is plenty to do. But it's not the worst life either.
I'm gen X, and I don't care if I have to retire eating Dog food, I'm not working until I drop. The capitalists can bash that idea straight up their date.
If it's good enough for the boomers, it's good enough for me.
Same, except I'm a Gen X/Xennial man who never got anyone pregnant, so I didn't have to deal with that problem. From the age of 12 when I entered the workforce part time to earn "spending money" by stripping tobacco, until 16 when I entered "the kitchen" with a food handlers licence the first time, until I was 39 and threw my back out I didn't believe that I would ever be able to retire.
Since then my "luckiest bastard to ever exist" trait has kicked in. I've managed to accidentally start two "businesses" that will allow me to retire by the year 2026. I'll be 45.
Don't give up. Believe in your talents and stop falling prey to imposter syndrome. You have far more ability than you know. I know this to be true, because I am not special, and I found out the hard way that I have more abilities than I knew.