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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.
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- 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.
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- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
- Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
- Better and fewer working hours.
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I’ve started to see that argument as a threat instead.
Oh you want a living wage do you! Well if you manage to get your way I promise me and all my buddies will purposefully jack prices up to wipe out your raise. You want the number to change? Fine but know that if you do your earning power will stay stagnant. How? Because we are the invisible hand.
I theorize that this is what happened when people had a bit of breathing room in 2021. People got a sliver of security and then “all the sudden” the prices got jacked up in every sector and every product way beyond the levels needed to offset supply chain issues.
Living wage doesn’t drive inflation—oligopolists do.