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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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I make what most people here would consider a good salary but am somehow in the ranks of paycheck to paycheck. A huge part of that is supporting a family, ridiculous housing costs, and loss of college financial aid.
If you reply that I should be able to do better, you’re probably right. However since divorce I was finally able to set aside an emergency fund and start saving the max toward retirement, but financial aid considers those part of the family contribution to my kids college, so I can’t win. Divorce also cost me a mortgage lasting until I’m almost 80, yet college financial aid counselor asked me to extend that with a reverse mortgage