Category: Antiwork

(throwaway account) My old employer fired me a few weeks ago illegally. I filed a complaint with the NLRB and I have another meeting with the representative handling my charge soon. I know I'm protected from them (my old employers) trying to counter-sue or anything, but I also know this means I can mostly likely never work in this industry again. (“Oh, were they a good employee?” “Yeah, if you don't mind getting SUED afterward.”) I'm scared and feel like I'm making a mistake. Is this how they manipulate us into feeling? Like we're bad people for holding them accountable for their bad and illegal decisions? I'm so worried my old coworkers will start harassing me. I don't want to block them in case they do and I can just send that along to my charge representative, but I'm so anxious about it all. Why is it so nerve-wracking, even…

Every day my company gives us business updates and tells us how many millions of dollars worth of products we were able to get pushed through. It’s honestly just an annoying reminder that as the companies profits increase our wages remain the same. Idk maybe I’m being silly but it’s how I feel

I’ve seen a lot of talk about what the fed could do with our student loan debts. Delaying them again & again to finally cancelling them (the right decision anyways). A notion struck me that WE (the people, not limited to just this subreddit) could force the government to cancel them by collectively not paying them. If a large enough group of people took part & walked away from outright, they would have no choice. They would not be able to go after a large enough group of people. Think about how bad it would hurt the entire country if the government garnished the wages of a million plus people? Are they going to send lawyers out to seize assets from a generation that has none, thanks in part to these loans? If they ruin millions of people’s credit scores, then what will happen when they try to bury us…

I don’t have a car, I can’t afford one and never had enough pay for a payment plan. My godmother who wants me to go to work five days a week and drive in an hour with my mom (hour and a half via bus), and work overtime and work hard to get a promotion that has been denied to me for a year. They will give it to me if I work harder. Oh yeah, today I was told to Uber to the bus stop ($20 per trip, and mornings are HORRENDOUS for finding a ride). So I can “suck it up “ and accept reality.

Got a story to tell. Bit long, but I have a chest weight that needs to be dropped. A couple of years back, I was working as a construction laborer for a local commercial company, building hotels and condos. Hired in 2017, left in 2019. A couple of months before I quit. I was tasked one day, to haul off plumbing pipes and other necessities, to the underground parking lot, where all site equipment was stored. The day started at 7 am, and since we were not unionized, we were allowed to skip breaks if the task was pressing. So I hop onto our forklift, get assigned a crew to load me up, and I was to drive back and forth around the property. 3 hours in, I decided to pull over for literally seconds, to throw my feet on the dash and check my FB. Out of nowhere, pull…

All with a professionally done resume. BSc degree, Veteran, No criminal history, Honorable discharge, Alot of technical experience/computer hobbies. Before Oct.23,2021 I was applying to jobs too. Although less frequently, perhaps 2 or 3 a week. I don't apply for unreasonable positions or listings where I would not be able to see myself not being able to help them with what their advertised need is. Fuck Anyone who says there is a labor shortage. We all here know the true story, but the effects of the Fox News parrots, is music to the Chamber of Commerce's ears. Who ensure our safety net systems stay corrupt, shitty, useless and that companies do not face any need to pay more for labor. I now cost the citizens of my state more money than if I had recieved the maximum UI I could have ever recieved. It would have stabilized me, allowed me…