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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Maybe, just maybe, a company that refuses to give you time off if you have a bullet inside of you is a really really shitty company (slrpnk.net)

submitted 5 days ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Despite lemmy thinking CEOs are useless, they're usually the most important person in the company because they set the tone. That tone rolls downhill. Show me happy or sad employees, I'll tell you what kind of leadership they have.

Bezos set the grind culture when Amazon was starting, and that's fine for a startup, what has to be done. But he never backed off, and now we get shit like this, 100% on him.

Sometimes you have to grind at a shit job to work your way up, I get it. But there appears to be no level at Amazon where you're not under the gun.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 14 points 5 days ago

If they were deemed useless, they wouldn't become a target. The useless phrasing is more that their direction for the purpose of the company is useless overall. Line goes up isn't always a reflection of how well the company is doing for itself and its customers. You are right that CEOs usually set how the company runs, as my work a few years ago transitioned to a new CEO after decades of the first, and it's showing. What's frustrating is when they continue to play off that they are the same company and policy to keep morale up, but it's obvious things are different.

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[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

The news article: https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/alabama-mom-is-hit-by-truck-then-shot-in-new-orleans-attack/article_f985df4e-c965-11ef-8ec3-a3bc378dd1ae.html

Archive copy: https://archive.is/LlfQu

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[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Remember remember the 4th of December....

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 days ago

Got it. Understood. Any and all Amazon representatives will continue to function after being shot.

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 16 points 5 days ago

Absolutely heartless

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Bezos needs her to suffer more

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 5 days ago

That's what their fans are field with. Liquified Human Suffering (LHS).

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

She's been fucking shot, the hell kind of work do you think she'll do?

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago

Warehouse work apparently

[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Got Dam! 2025 said "And fuck you in particular" directly to her face.

[–] morgan_423@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I haven't seen actual articles talking about this... just people tweeting about it.

But if this event actually is what's being reported on the surface, then this is the most constructiest dismissal that ever constructively dismissed.

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