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Month: September 2022
I feel myself losing my hobbies interests and creativity bc working minimum wage to survive feels like you spend all your time working just to barely keep yourself alive – I can afford to pay rent and feed myself and get my medicine and nothing else even though I work nearly every day – it’s just a cycle of working so I can keep myself working – does anyone else feel this way / have anything to combat it? I can’t really work less unfortunately
I need 21 British people to sign my government petition to get my government petition published. Please consider signing, i know it's a small step for some but it will make a huge difference to the lives of a lot of people being taken advantage of. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/623050/sponsors/new?token=nNWo-WmUURwSzX6pYrA7 Petition Description We want the government to stop more companies from switching from an 8-hour work day with a paid half-hour lunch break to a 9-hour work day with a 1-hour unpaid break, by making lunch breaks paid for all. Giving people more time to spend with their families and friends at the end of the day. More and more companies are switching from an 8-hour work day with a half-hour lunch break to a 9-hour work day with a one-hour break. Companies are doing this as extending the lunch break to an hour allows them to make it unpaid. This means employees…
Young teachers put in a million percent effort during the school day. They are creative and flexible. They understand how one size does NOT fit all. They plan with rigor. What they DON’T seem to do with regularity are the “extras” that have been unpaid for so long. Not coaching (paid) but I’m talking about unpaid tasks like helping set up for dances, running summer tours, supportive teams, coordinating unpaid school activities (student of the month, for example). My administrator pointed this out with disappointment the other day, and it struck me that, as a GenX-er, I have been brainwashed. For so long, we have been doing these things because it’s “what’s best for the students” “we are a family” etc. But gen Z is saying, “Ok, dad. I’ll do it. Where is my allowance??” These demands have been packaged as “new teachers not wanting to advance,” and a “sad…
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This Needs to Be A Thing
