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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.
- Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
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Agreeing to an arbitration clause seems to have been critical mistake for this onion.
Arbitration is a scam in any other context besides b2b where parties have similar bargaining power.
I bet union can't even appeal this pro capital decision either.
Arbitration is pretty much always a scam. Even in b2b settings, a lot of those contracts are not between parties of equal power.
Like, if a small business sets up a business account at a major office supply company, that’s a pretty common example of a b2b contract where the parties have very different power.
I seem to remember seeing something about a few churches / religious organizations trying to use arbitration clauses to avoid going to trial for things like sexual harassment, too.
Oh 100%. Employers put that stuff in all the time, so I’m sure churches would with their staff too