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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Republican Senator callously says 'biblically, we are supposed to work' to millions set to lose health care (www.irishstar.com)

submitted 1 year ago by bytesonbike@discuss.online to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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The former billionaire, who inherited a coal mining business from his father, presides over a state where 29% of residents are on Medicaid

When Senator Jim Justice of West Virginia was asked about the Senate Republicans' newly released portion of the proposed spending bill that requires parents of children older than 14 to work for Medicaid, he said, "biblically, we are supposed to work."

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[–] brandon@piefed.social 77 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

If Jesus was real and did come back we'd probably never know because he would get deported and die in a Salvadorian torture prison.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 46 points 1 year ago

Or put back on a cross. To paraphrase the comic about aliens asked about knowing Jesus, "Yes, he always comes back around to visit every year or so. We gave him donuts. What did you guys do?"

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[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago

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[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Soon we'll all be Trumptians anyway once he invades the Vatican and elects himself Pope.

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[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

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[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Imagine the irony if Bethlehem is his set spawning point and every time he tries to return he ends up getting murdered by Israel before he can form a coherent sentence.