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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Republican Senator callously says 'biblically, we are supposed to work' to millions set to lose health care (www.irishstar.com)

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The former billionaire, who inherited a coal mining business from his father, presides over a state where 29% of residents are on Medicaid

When Senator Jim Justice of West Virginia was asked about the Senate Republicans' newly released portion of the proposed spending bill that requires parents of children older than 14 to work for Medicaid, he said, "biblically, we are supposed to work."

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Cry harder about someone dismissing your shitty fairy tale used to oppress society. Fuck religion and what it has done to people

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’m not a Christian.

The Epic of Gilgamesh is fiction too, but it’s useful in understanding Mesopotamian society.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Cool bud, I don't want nor care to understand them. This isn't about ancient cultures. This is about modern day and how people utilize their mythology to oppress minorities and women, and in this specific instance, the working class.

In fact, that's all religions have ever been good for: allowing the ruling class of the respective era to lay down dictates which are used to oppress those under their rule.

They, and their stupid collection of fairy tales, need to fuck off and shove their shitty excuses for their shitty behavior up their fucking ass.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So there’s no reason in understanding the ideology that people are using to oppress people? We should refuse to learn more and just say “nah it’s stupid” because we don’t agree with it?

Ignorance is not something to be proud of.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yes, there is no merit in understanding the nonsensical logic of religious dogma. Their logic is all the same circular bullshit of "God says so, cause it's in the book, that I know is true, cause God said so in the book" when boiled down anyway.

Instead, we should be understanding human psychology and what drives people to believe in the superstitious and trap themselves in fallacious logic while dismantling the current institutions that abuse this flaw of human psych for their own selfish ends.

The reason they can use it to oppress people is because people give it legitimacy and treat it as a valid belief instead of the superstitious nonsense that it is.