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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We need to ban money in politics (lemmy.today)

submitted 5 days ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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[–] eightpix@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I know this is preaching to the converted, but I'll write my thoughts anyway:

If you have to spend so much to convince so many of your worth, perhaps you're simply unworthy of office.

Maybe Citizens United, flipped on its head, is its corollary. United Citizens, spending nothing, elevating representatives.

The best thing for any democracy is to stop burning time, effort, energy, resources, and money as though it was necessary. Power, twisted into an end in itself, undermines the premise of representation.

If this totalitarian, Epstein-class, trillionaire-focused, bubble-generating, war-mongering, orphan-crushing, capitalistic, red-hat-cult, machismo-laden, late-stage, ecocidal kakistocracy has taught us nothing else: representation and empowerment oughtn't be cudgels. Representation and empowerment yield all blessings.

Custodians don't destroy. They take care.

Hug a custodian when you can.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You reminded me of a thought from a previous post where I was trying to think of something good from Reagan. I have a friend who was very quietly the motivating force behind building a lot of the nicer parks in my town. The latest one had a big sign out front saying the funding was from the federal government. Great! he said. As long as we get the funding, my said. The good thing from Reagan, according to said friend, is that you can get good things done if you don't care who gets the credit.

Custodians generally don't care about credit.

I'll be honest, i grew up looking up to the garbage men, as we knew them in the 80s. First, you got to ride around on a cool, identifiable truck. Second, you got to wave to people in the community who saw you. Third, as i grew to understand as i got older, civilization breaks down as soon as sanitation does. My parents did my best to disabuse me of a career as a sanitation technician and my body took me the rest of the way, but the two people i know who've worked sanitation are pretty cool. you can't get a more basic public servant than that.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

Even small local rich guys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Niles

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago

I'll defer to the Jacobins in the French revolution.

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago

All that spending and I still haven't gotten my Soros check. I haven't moved recently, but I wonder if he sent it to my prior address by accident.

[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I would like to see this same graph in Republican vs. Democrat donations.

Citizens United is terrible either way, but I am curious.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 0 points 4 days ago

Lol sure, we also need to create peace on earth. How about doing it on Tuesday, is that a good day? Or next week.