Antiwork

I've been going through the literature provided in the comments, and while a lot of it provides interesting points, there doesn't seem to be any specific document detailing what, specifically, we, as a movement, want. I know that movements don't necessarily need specific goals and ideals, but I figure some guiding principles wouldn't hurt. I ask this because I've been working on a “manifesto” to employers and the owning class detailing our demands. After the debacle that was the Fox News interview, I feel like at least having some specific list of ideals/demands wouldn't hurt. This is what I have so far, in no particular order. Some are currently implemented, some less so. Primary demands/grievances: A minimum wage that allows us to live without fear of the future is a necessity that should be implemented, regardless of the job. Paid Maternal leave should be provided for any woman, or anyone,…

So my job is well aware it was going to snow a foot and decided to do nothing about it. They're acting like it didn't even happen at all. They work you to the point of physical exhaustion, send you home to shovel and then you better get your ass right back up and back here tomorrow to again be exploited. You need to put your life, safety and vehicle on the line for some rich piece of shit to sit in some fucking mansion somewhere and bitch about how he's not rich enough. I don't know how jobs can operate in NY and not give one fuck about the snow.

This story is a couple years old, but reading some stories here reminded me of it. First job out of college, I get there on the first day of work, and my “trainer” tells me “there's not much work to do right now, because we're slow on business”. People swing by my desk to meet me, have several people say “we hope you can bring more business in, there's been nothing for a while”. I'm given little reading packets to go through about common terms in the industry and told I need to write a one-page summary on it and turn it in to my supervisor by end of day so she knows I read it. I'm annoyed, but think “okay if this is all I need to do, whatever, it's not grueling”. The rest of the days, I'm sitting at my desk scrolling endlessly through my phone because nobody…

I currently work 32 hours a week on top of my 40 hour school week. It's very exhausting but I'm trying to make money to help out my family. Manager asks me if I want 40 hours. Declined and asked for a reduction in hours. Thinking about asking for a raise since I'm at $11 an hour, the same rate I started at nearly 8 months ago.

It's been a looong tone since I've been this mad. 3 years, one. 30 cent raise. Found out were all getting raises again. A whopping .07 cents. SEVEN. CENTS. 3 years. 3 years ive worked for them. 3 years of having 95% quality from training onward. my supervisors were astounded, a fucking stounded that i was so good at this job in training. ive worked customer service for 15+ years now, and i get one .30 cent raise in 3 years. then when everyone is getting raises, i only get seven fucking cents. fuck this place. thats a fucking insult.

But not our wages? Should I say anything about this? They also made portion sizes smaller.

So, if you are paycheck to paycheck on 40k, and you quit to make 50k, that 10k is far, far more valuable to you than making another 30k is to someone making 80k a year with the same expenses. Keep that in mind for how much more worth it even more modest increases in pay. Keep calm and quit your shitty job for a better one!

I only worked a retail job (formally) for 2 days in total, being blessed with family support. I got it because I wanted to help out. It took 2 days to realize I was selling my entire day with only a tired window in the evening and bedtime to another day of being bossed around and feeling suicidal. I've read before that “your days are your life, you die in the middle of just another day”. The picture of doing this for years of my one life flashed before me and I felt so sick I couldn't take it another day, I handed in my resignation. I was able to do this because I don't need the pittance they paid me to survive, and the reason for that is I have an extended family, all but one or two of which sell their own labor. It's a struggle sometimes but…

NATO is as close to war as it can get, oil prices are skyrocketing, Putin openly threatened nukes, and our markets are trembling (aka our jobs are at risk). Anyone telling you to just move on and get to work is ignorant, and/or heartless.