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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Bernie Sanders: Is there a path to remove big money from politics? Goddamn right there is! (youtu.be)

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One of the biggest obstacles facing workers issues in the US is the disproportionate representation that corporate interests recieve, due to funding campaigns indirectly through citizens united. Bernie highlights the end of citizens' united, and public funding for political campaigns as key pathways to fix the outsized political impact of corporate interests

As long as corporate interests bankroll political campaigns, the people we can vote for will be elected partially at the behest of companies, and will have a conflict of interest in representing American workers

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago

It kinda feels like you're advocating the viewpoint that anything less than total revolution is useless. While I understand feeling like the system is working as intended, I don't think that means we can't improve things short of overthrowing the government and enforcing a more just society through violence. And I think that the argument that short of a complete rewrite there's nothing we can do really just makes people feel more defeated and apathetic. If you wanna win the war, morale is kinda important.

I find it very easy to let perfect be the enemy of good, and I think that policy change that moves the country in the right direction, like putting more power (proportionally) in the hands of the American public is a good thing worth fighting for, regardless of whether you'd like a future that's further from our current reality.

(Also, your comment comes across as pretty angry and that's perfectly understandable given the state of the world, but please know I'm not disagreeing with you trying to start an argument or flame war about whose political opinion is correct, I don't really think that's productive and don't really want to be the target of someone's anger)