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I come here everyday but I don’t hear more about Union organizing.

Everybody is rightfully anti-work but why aren't you folks organizing. It's one thing to quit a shitty job and be much more amazing to get your co-workers to agree to unionize and then you'd have the employer by the balls. Pro-tip if they close the shop after you organize or shut it down or lock you out, burn their building and property to the fucking ground if they're going to deny you your livelihood and labor deny them the possibility of profits. /rant Edit: Spelling

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physically assaulted then fired

The title explains it all but the details basically i worked at indoor trampoline park but it was inflatables instead of trampolines and they had harnesses for the obstacles courses so i was helping a kid try to get fitted in and the small was too small but the medium was too big so nothing would fit properly i made a comment to myself “will anything fit” and some family members didnt take it kindly they prob assumed i was just calling there kid fat so i understand with my autism my tone comes off wrong sometimes but they over reacted before i could apologize they started punching on me and throwing stuff and my drinks at me and hitting whoever was around me and what do the higher ups do? You'd think they would try to understand or even ask if Im okay but no they fired me by…

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When Capitalism lets you down

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Saw this on Facebook but im not 100% sure if the person who posted it is joking or not. Either way seems like something a company would do.

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To qualify to rent a 2 bedroom 1 bath in my town, you need to make *at least* $54,000 per year

2 bedroom 1 bathroom is 1,500 per month. That's a “cheap” place. Property managements require each tenant makes 3x the rent. That's 54k a year. I'm lucky to get 30k with my husband per year. I'm dying out here. Boss refuses to acknowledge that cost of living in our town is 26% higher than the national average. I can't qualify for anything and I'm stuck in an RV with my husband and my 5 year old daughter. She starts school in a week and we don't have reliable internet at the RV park. I also don't have any way to move the RV at the moment. I am feel so hopeless. Here's to another winter in the cold. 🙁

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Update: I got into a verbal fight with my boss about a written high five.

It’s been 10 days since I made my first post about this situation. (Link to original post) Thank you, internet strangers: First, I want to thank all the internet strangers who made contributions to the original post with comments, upvotes and awards. You guys had a lot of valuable insights, and it gave me a lot to think about. You guys gave me the words to express what was going on and what was wrong with it. There is so many comments on the original post they all started to run together in my mind. But an important take away that I got was that I’ve been doing too much for too long and because of this they expect me to keep running an entire front-end department by myself. It’s not fair to me. The antiwork communities’ response really means a lot to me! Reading all those comments made me…

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Close your accounts. B of A is the enemy

Bank of America is out there HOPING we lose our jobs and get desperate. Not out there thinking how awesome America COULD BE if we all had money, stability, and spending power. https://theintercept.com/2022/07/29/bank-of-america-worker-conditions-worse/

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I just got terminated as a waitress an hour after the department of labor person left

Before which she interviewed me and I told her that the tip distribution system is not transparent and that it took me 1.5 months to receive my last paycheck. My boss called half way through our conversation to “correct” what I said (our place has microphones). Later my boss told me I was lying, that she heard everything, and then she fired me. This is at a restaurant in East Village, NY.

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It finally happened

I was headhunted by a recruiting agency by email. They asked for my salary requirements. I told them “$120,000. This is based on my certifications, my near decade working with VMware as well as market data. (I linked to articles). They responded with “we are look for someone for our family and who isn't solely focused on money.” Me “well, bye.”

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Report reveals terrifying details of Apple’s union-busting efforts