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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Want happier employees? Start with a 32-hour workweek – and 4 weeks vacation. (www.usatoday.com)

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Want happier employees?

No, not really.
- The owner class

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

that's a bit unrealistic. The expected answer is "will this make line go up?"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Nah. It's "will this make line go up by next quarter?"

Short term profits are the only profits that matter to high frequency stock traders.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No. Happier employees almost always do make the line go up in the long term, but most employers don't understand that, can't look further ahead than the next quarter, and think of an employee is happy it's a sign they must be slacking off.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

They do understand that. The problem IS "long term." Most C level types don't care about any term longer than their tenure. This is why we see layoffs before quarterly reports. There isn't an incentive for them to look any furthure into the future.

Now if a CEO could only cash out after 10 or 20 years of the company doing well then we would see change. If they made the company average untill they were a decade or two in as a vesting term then keeping happy employees would be important.