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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Frustrations with college education (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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what's the point of getting a degree if apparently you need all these other extraneous qualifications to get a proper job? networking, boot camps, certifications, training, programs, glass windows, button downs, on and on.

why can't there be a program where i pay somebody and i get a proper salaried good job at the end? you know what i mean? i keep seeing like, even if you graduate with a prestigious degree, that's still not enough to guarantee a decent living, a house with four walls and a yard and some trees and a dog, you have to shake some nebulous hands and attain more and more training to stay current, like i'm meant to actually be invested in a "career" for its own sake rather than something i can get money from to live a happy life

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[–] zoe 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

i agree the whole process is stupid: even from kindergarten through middleschool: why waste my time with things that wouldn't help me put food on the table otherwise? i am willing to slave my life anyway but i might as well slave it early so i could retire early. as a capitalist: I (the worker) ll help u grow ur capital and buy ur first yacht but at least let me derive some joy from this life, since you are already enjoying yours: its not that i would reach the same amount of wealth that u have that i could be a threat to you. Say i learn all the necessary skills from 13. i am willing to put in my 76800 hours per lifetime (40hours per week * 48 weeks * 40 years) and just want to retire at 52, given also that the employer should control rent prices near his workplace so i dont have to waste the rest of my day commuting (so either cover the housing cost in the workplace area or compensate me more for my commute). from 52 onwards i want to spend the next 20 years just mindlessly chilling and then at some point i would rather be euthanized so i dont burden the younger generation with my retirement costs, but also i dont really wanna deal with random cancer costs and all. Everyone is logging in their 76800 hours of lifetime work, why the employer dont hold their part of the bargain? because they are hypocrites. u only become rich when u are hypocrite around people and abuse them. it would be cool if everyone could log just half of those hours and live happily ever after. i won't be having kids so i could finance more my retirement, i dont want my kids to slave for my out of breath skeleton in this ruthless world. again, academia is stupid.