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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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I don't think this is necessarily negative. I'm a millennial in that 44% and I'm in no hurry to retire because my profession is my identity. I hope I live a long time, but I also hope that I can work until I die. What would I even do if I didn't work? I tried taking a year off once but I lasted a month before I was bored and looking for job.
(I don't mean to sound smug - I get that I'm lucky. But I'm also not that unusual.)
In a way i can see why you think you're lucky as you will suffer less in these terrible times, but damn, there are so many things I want to do in life that I'll run out of time before I run out of things.
I am also a millenial and have a decent non-shitty job, but I'd drop that in a second if I didn't need it. It takes such a chunk of my life.
How very sad for you.
Eh, no one says "how sad" when a person's Identity is creating art. I'm an engineer so I create practical things, but that doesn't mean I have less passion for what I do.
Having passion for something and using it as the basis of your identity are two very different things. If a painter says that painting is their identity, yes, I would say that was sad too.
What would you say is a good basis for one's identity?
Why should any one thing be your whole identity?