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You’ll never believe what my boss told me when I informed her I was about to lose my house

Luckily, I didn’t lose my house because I wound up leaving right away and got hired quickly at a job with much better compensation. Prior to this, I told my boss I had no other choice but to leave due to my situation. She said, “Yeah, I know how it is. I have to refinance my mortgage so I can remodel my backyard and put a new pool in.” I didn’t even know what to say. How do you even compare that to someone almost losing their home?! Like, wow—what a shame you had to refinance your mansion in your gated community so you can put a new pool in your remodeled backyard. Your privilege is showing. Edit: I’ve known my boss for 20 years since she became a close family friend of ours when my family began doing business with her many years ago. I’ve never had an issue…

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Quit my job after a union effort failed (felt better than being fired). Went in to collect my last paycheck three weeks later and the restaurant (Rodizio) is falling apart.

About a month and a half ago the owners of my job decided they needed to be more hands-on. This was the Rodizio in Chattanooga at Hamilton Place. They took away our smoke breaks, cracked down on eating food, we started being watched 24/7, etc. I didn't really need the job due to my finances being solid so I decided fuck it, I'll try and unionize. Began talking quietly to people, almost had enough votes, but then our manager found out. He started asking around about my efforts, and it was pretty clear I wasn't long for the job. Tried one final push to consolidate votes, but once management knew most people backed out. Figured it was a valiant effort, but I didn't want to make it my personal cause, so I quit. Cut to today, I went in to pick up my final check. As soon as I walked…

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“Get a college education,” they said, “and then you can earn a proper living.” Then it was “Go to trade school, and then you can earn a proper living.”

Here I am, a trained Medical Assistant, and can’t afford to move out of my parents’ house unless I have two roommates. Most of these places are asking my income to be 2-3x the rent. Studio apartments cost as much as my monthly income if not more.

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I live in Scotland and make £9.50 ( $12.91) an hour and looking at this sub I still feel like I have it much better than Americans making $15.00 an hour

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Rules For A Reasonable Future: Healthcare

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This goes without saying @ McDonald’s in Phoenix, AZ

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Don’t let upper management take advantage of you! – (details in comments)

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Anyone?

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This sub used to be a space where POC, women, sex-workers, the LGBTQ+ and other marginalized communities could feel safe and heard discussing radical labor politics. It doesn’t feel like we’re being protected anymore.

The old mods may have been unorganized and shit on tv but at least they cleaned this place up when it needed it. The new mods seem more concerned with growing the numbers than anything else so they let hate-mongering, misogyny, queerphobia, and bootlicking go unchecked. This is just an opinion based on my limited observations of the mod's modding. Maybe I'm not seeing enough but I've been looking for any sign of hope and haven't found one yet. As always, read the FAQ and suggested literature. Peace.

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If we measure our value in productivity, then our value has been increasing steadily for decades. However, our compensation has stagnated during the same time period. It appears that we are back to a feudalist society where the taxes/tribute we have to pay to the wealth/royalty increases each year.