Antiwork

An excellent in-depth article. This is quality journalism. 👏

It may have been the case before that people thought hard work brought a better life, but now things have changed

Professor Bobby Duffy worked on the study, and said that millennials have 'become much more sceptical about prioritising work as they’ve made their way through their career'.

If we created workers guilds for every industry we'd be a workers and middle class paradise that the boomers could only have dreamed of during the 40 years between FDR and Ronald Rump.

1. Monopolization of labor- The guild would control the supply of workers for the specific industry that means they could determine how many are needed and train/certify accordingly to keep wages high.

2. Standardized Training- If guilds controlled industries they would be able to require a training academy that prospects must pass before becoming a member of the guild this makes sure that everyone is at a high standard and that the standard is equal. Keeping pay high.

3. Guaranteed Decent Wages- It goes without saying if Bob wants to start a business but needs to get employees from the guild they will pay what the guild demands they pay since they won't have a business otherwise.

4. Guaranteed Pension Plan- With 100s of thousands or millions of people in the same guild they could simply require the employer put 5% of the pay into a savings account that gets interest and after 20 or 25 years working in the industry you will be paid by the guild for the rest of your life, and the interest will be more than the payments, this would also open up the job market for young adults who would be seeing people leave the work force in their 40s.

5. Defacto End to At Will Firing This one is simple, the business would be required to sign a contract where they would be required to prove the employee broke a rule in arbitration which the guilds would pay for that would give us defacto employment court just like eviction court.

Guilds are the key to Utopia

I ask this because I've recently gotten into creating a union for my work place and noticed that North America is really the only place where a Labor or workers party never took off.

It would be probably be doable to unite the unions into a political party similar to the UK Labour party after the world wars. The major point is, is that the party would have to be purely an economic party with each individual member deciding for themselves how to vote on social issues.

In the United States we are under at will employment in every state but Montana. Essentially, hire at will fire at will quit at will. This is not good for employees and I'd argue employers too. My proposal.

Mandatory contract employment for all non Independent contractor employment (Independent contractors must be entitled to their own hours & be paid per project/unit of work) Contracts would have set limits minimum of 12 months, maximum of 5 years. (exception for seasonal employment) The contract would be required to specify all policy rules, what hours they will work and regulations of the company, the starting pay, the frequency of raises and how much the raises are, the expectations to receive raises.

Employment courts would be set up where a fired employee would be allowed to appeal a firing in where the company would have to show cause, by showing a legal rule was broken and that there was consistent and equal enforcement. If found to have cause the employee forfeit unemployment insurance, if shown to not have cause the employer must either keep them employed with 1.5 backpay for days not worked or pay out their contract.

Conversely if an employee wants to quit they must show good cause (harassment, unequal treatment, breech of contract) or buy out said contract either directly or by monthly payments)

If either the employer or employee violates the law they can be held in criminal contempt and jailed until bailed (which will be paid to the other party) or stipulations met or contract would have naturally expired.

This imo would be far superior to the nonsense we have currently.

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino had said earlier Thursday that the strike was illegal and included some 5,000 workers.

“Unfortunately, following the unjustified abandonment of work at our plantations and operations centers since April 28 and continuing today, (the company) has proceeded with the termination of all of our daily workers,” the company said in a statement. It said the company had suffered losses of at least $75 million.

Protests marches and occasional roadblocks have stretched from one end of the country to the other as teachers, construction workers and other unions expressed their rejection to changes the government said were necessary to keep the social security system solvent.

Denmark is set to have the highest retirement age in Europe after its parliament adopted a law raising it to 70 by 2040.

The retirement age at 70 will apply to all people born after 31 December 1970.

A Chinese factory employee set fire to a textile plant in China’s southwestern Sichuan province in his frustration over unpaid wages of just 800 yuan (or US$111), according to videos posted on social media and eyewitness accounts shared with Radio Free Asia.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29657554

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/25485237

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/33865207

The only problem with progressive tax that there isn't a tax base for the Uber wealthy those that make over $100 million dollars a year, those that don't actually pay anything it's up to us the regular people the citizens that pay almost a half in taxes

My partner is currently job hunting and I've got to know some very ugly behaviours from interviewers and train staff, towards the people applying for those jobs.

From snarky attitudes, to blattant lies and attempts on trying to withold information or ignore legal impositions and rights, these companies are power tripping and the people in them are deranged.

Well, I happen to have a job and am fairly aware of my rights, so I'm considering applying for these interviews and throw some poison back at this people.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26422918

This is the only voice I hear that gets at the actual issue facing our politics and economy.