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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From 2017 to 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor recovered $3 billion in stolen wages from employers (medium.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Also the DoL is perpetually under-resourced and short staffed. They aren't one of the "good" law enforcement agencies that get bipartisan support -- only the ones who beat up protestors get that kind of universal appeal, somehow. Even though funding to places like the IRS and DoL have insanely good return on investment.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Even though funding to places like the IRS and DoL have insanely good return on investment.

We are a nation of temporally poor billionaires, why would we support funding of agencies that would engage in the pinata economics upon our fellow wealthy owners?

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

As designed. They don’t really want these laws to be enforced, so you create the department but starve it of resources so it can’t do its job effectively.