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)

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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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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 15 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

Luke 12:27-28

27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not [a]arrayed like one of these. 28 If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?

That bible?

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

They’re talking about the Bible where it says “Work shall set you free”.

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[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

That's a different bible with a different title. It's really close, so maybe that's why they confuse it. But that testament they are quoting from is actually called "Mein Kampf".

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