Category: Antiwork

I started a good paying job with irregular hours about 10 months ago and started grad school 8 months ago. I told them when I started that I was only part time because I needed to prioritize school. They told me they do not accomodate school schedules, but I have only been needed on weekends up until recently. I requestedd mondays off and they denied it. Now they are scheduling me on Monday’s when I have class that day. I used vacation days to get off some mondays but didn’t have enough to get off all the mondays I need for school. I will get dropped form my program if I miss class so I have been going into work and leaving early. We use a point system and despite me only having half the amount of points required for a write up. They gave me a warning that “…

For the US, change and protest must be performed locally. It needs to disrupt the flow of state and city government and set a precedent to the electorate and politicians that are selected to represent these regions federally. Change doesn't start in DC, it's finalized there. So tell me, are you involved locally in driving the change that ultimately ends up being finalized in DC? What's your story? I think talking about what efforts are being done and workshops around what isn't is the single best way that we fight for our rights and standards as US citizens. There is a reason why the phrase “fight for your rights” exists. Our rights are not perpetually protected and continually and actively be defended. Tell me your stories for how you have taken on the fight to preserve your rights locally. Change does not happen when people are inert.

Sorry if this book has already been suggested, but this book should be required reading for every American worker. Workers hear it constantly: “Sorry, it was just an accident.” And we've been deeply conditioned to accept that explanation and move on. But as Jessie Singer argues convincingly: There are no such things as accidents. The vast majority of casualties are not random but predictable and preventable. Singer exposes how the phrase “accident” shields those in power and leaves the most vulnerable people in harm's way, preventing investigations, pushing off debts, blaming the victims and works, diluting anger, and even sparking empathy for the perpetrators. Accidents have become so prevalent in America because our leaders have convinced us that they are predominantly random, and thus we cannot hold anyone accountable. Comprehension of how blame is used and misapplied is a crucial element of this book; it has been the go-to justification…

For context I reached out to our support team. After they never responded I sent a follow up the next morning. They responded and then I asked if they could reply so I knew it was Atleast being worked on. Last night at 10pm my VP reaches out and says it’s condescending… I’m honestly really caught off guard by this. Is my email really warranting of that response? How could I have said that differently?