Category: Antiwork

I’m curious if anyone knows about any unions that may accept/work with Fire and Water Restoration workers (like ServePro or Paul Davis employees). Sick of my company’s bullshit but want to make it better for everyone. Trying to find out if we’re covered or included in an existing union or if we’d need to make our own.

I keep seeing posts about how hopeless everything is, how nothing will change. But we're looking right at change. Think about why r/antiwork was created, why “quiet quitting” has become a popularized term, why more people want WFH jobs, why we see news about how lazy Milennials and Gen Z are. Its because more people are becoming aware of the broken system and setting boundaries, refusing to be exploited any further. But the biggest change is that more people are joining unions and going on strikes, not just in the US but all over the world. This isnt new. Look at history. Workers create wealth and the capitalists exploit its workers. Workers rise up and gain power again, then cycle repeats. French revolution, labor movements during industrialization revolution, and more. Here is an example. This what happened during The Great Depression, when the unemployment was ~25% in the US. Millions…

why has it become a habit of interviewers to ask how much you made at your last job & if you had benefits? what does it fucking matter to you

My sister (28F) has worked at a local factory for the last 4 years. (Backstory, my sister has a pretty bad documented learning disability that affects her ability to read write and communicate fluently she also has adhd, anxiety, & depression.) My sisters father also has Huntington’s and it’s very likely that she does as well. She displays very like and exaggerated symptoms. She has not been tested for this yet… as for Huntington’s testing you have to be able to pass a psych evaluation before knowing the outcome as it often results in a high rate of suicide. Onto the story, my sister was late 4 times in the last 6 months due to weather in Wisconsin. These lates ranged from an average of 2-5 minutes. She lives in the rural country as well as the factory she works at. My sister was pulled into the office in front…

So my boss just told me that even if I have 33 minutes left in my shift, I have to clock out for 30 minutes and come back for 3 minutes. I asked him what is the difference between clocking out 30 for lunch and leaving 30 minutes early. 30 minutes off the clock is 30 minutes off the clock. Right?