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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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not as much anymore. it's hard enough for a grown adult to have a 20 year old car and an entry level service industry job, which I hear from boomers is what they could afford with a part time job in high school.
some teens still work but usually only if their families really need the money. middle class teens are told to laser focus on college resume padding, so grades and extracurricular are what they end up doing. parents worry that a job will distract from algebra homework, and football or marching band looks better to prestigious colleges than McDonalds (non adult directed activities aren't counted at all)
I didn't get my first job until after I dropped out of college
I guess this closes certain avenues of BSing the system but also, wow that feels crazy arbitrary and unfair. Damn, it makes a lot of sense that this would be some kinda unspoken rule of what counts.
Not to be too conspiracy-brain but it really fits that notion that modern schooling exists solely to subsidize corporate recruitment.
"We made our own film/robots/fundraiser/business!" ๐๐
"I did several months' worth of free labor for a wealthy multinational conglomerate!" ๐ ๐๐
It's not a conspiracy that's openly what it's for
Cool. I agree. Was just covering my butt online, I suppose.
Especially because I don't want to come off as anti-education or anti-intellectual, but the gatekeepers to that education are so beyond corrupt at this point.
It's wild to me that kids these days expect their parents to pay for their college. I worked for like 8 years saving money before I could go to school.
Now I'm not even using my degree and barely making enough money to exist.
College is way too expensive to pay for yourself