Author: Olivia

My daughter works as a teller for a local bank, she's been there about 6 months or so and for the most part enjoys it. Makes $15 an hour, which isn't too bad for a college kid that still lives at home. I just got wind that she is required to attend three charity events in a year so the bank has “representation” during these events. All fine and dandy, but she is not getting paid to attend these events. Typically they are on Friday/Saturday evenings for several hours. Is it legal that they are required to attend these events and not be paid for the time they spend there? I can make a call to the labor board next week, but figured I'd ask here first.

So I have been helping my fiance try to find a work from home position and have come across a lot of shady offers that seem to just be after her personal information and bank info. She has medical issues that have made her lose jobs in the past that are easy enough to deal with if she can work from home (she can take a moment when pain flares up and incapacitates her without a crappy boss yelling about productivity even if she meets her work load expectations). Is there any good way to avoid these or find a website better than indeed to find work from home jobs? This shift can literally enable her to not have to look for a new job every 8 months and won't force us to keep moving to try and accommodate. I am sorry if this post is a bit out of…

How is everyone dealing with it. It is getting insane dont you think?

Is demonstrably false and pedagogically. Dont you know the world is built with blood and genocide and exploitation? The global network of capital essentially functions to separate the worker from the means of production

At a job where I manage a retail store, and my GM said we were being paid for being on-call with our bonuses (which are tied to revenue numbers). I sent an email requesting a list of responsibilities and detailing that I’m required to be on-call. Now there’s radio silence. Am I wrong and also, is that a coincidence? 🤔

My union, before I was an officer, negotiated a contract to close the factory. What they didn't do is put a frickin' sunset clause into the contract. As far as I can tell, as worded, there is no expiration on the contract; it's until we close, which would have been fine if the factory closed in 2019, like the company initially claimed. However, it's 2022, we are running 24/7 with the company completely unable to estimate a new closing date based on unprecedented demand for our product (thanks to COVID shutdowns). Now, I'm an officer shackled with this stupid contract, which stipulates no striking. Is there any legal precedent for this kind of situation? Is there some sort of court-invented automatic sunset for “closing” contracts for factories that don't close? I'd like to force the company to expand union hiring and tie future pay raises to cost of living, but…

All I see is complaining about the oppressive system that is monopolising itself more and more; capitalism. I respect that and entirely agree, but what can we do individually towards a better world for everyone? It may be a myth, but what I've always heard about capitalism is that there's never been a concrete solution to capitalism, or an alternative. Most pro-capitalists will argue that socialism has always turned into authoritarianism and totalitarianism, and history appears to prove that point. I would argue that a socialist movement can only occur from the working class and can not be imposed by the bourgeois or the government; as the state will become the new holder of power and means of production. What can we do, as working class citizens, to promote a more equitable, free and just system that will benefit not only the capital owners, but the entire population? I can…

I’m a primary school teacher in London. Overworked, underpaid, chronically stressed. I adore the teaching part of my job. It’s the everything else. The lack of resources, the meaningless and time consuming data, the reading/writing/maths >>> everything and anything else curriculum. The insane working hours. The not being able to afford to live near where I work due to gentrification. And now, post pandemic, the “catching up”. I’d like to hear how other teachers around the world, who are socialists, experience their jobs.

This is a story about going “back to work” as your man Biden put it. It sucks… it's painful, it is literally killing me every morning now that I've been subtly forced in to coming back to the office by our visionary company management. ​ The circus is back in town, I see zombies on the trains again… people glued to their phones at 7AM under those harsh artificial white LED train lights that just kills your mood instantly. Some are just staring through the windows in to the distance probably questioning why the fuck are they doing this again? Then the tunnel comes in and you find them staring at themselves. The guy with the shittiest techno music at the loudest possible volume setting on his headphones, you can hear it all just without bass and it sounds terrible, sounds like a broken radio next to your head.Then you…