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by Community Values » Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:47 pm
by Threlizdun » Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:57 pm
It's naive to believe that capitalists and the state that represents them would put the interests of workers before the accumulation of capital. Strikes are among the most useful tools in the worker's arsenal. Giving it up is suicide.Genivaria wrote:Saw this while reading a story and was curious how it would be received here.There will be a minimum wage.
Child labor is outlawed.
Men and women will receive equal pay for commensurate labor.
Workers will have a standard forty-hour work week, with a maximum of sixty hours, all labor performed beyond forty hours will be paid at a rate of time and one half.
Employers will be required to meet minimum safety standards to be set by the National Labor Office.
Employees will have the right to compensation for death or injury that occurs either while performing activities related to their employment or while at an employer's premises.
Employees shall also have the right to file civil suits against employers for unsafe work conditions or practices.""And, in exchange for all these benefits, strikes are hereby outlawed.
From this point on unions, or the delegated representatives of a group of workers, will file any grievances they have with the National Labor Board.
The board will set up an arbitration hearing and listen to the arguments of both sides.
Their decisions shall be binding."
Does this sound like a fair exchange to anyone?
by War Gears » Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:06 pm
Threlizdun wrote:It's naive to believe that capitalists and the state that represents them
Threlizdun wrote:would put the interests of workers before the accumulation of capital.
Threlizdun wrote:Strikes are among the most useful tools in the worker's arsenal.
by Collatis » Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:18 pm
Genivaria wrote:Saw this while reading a story and was curious how it would be received here.There will be a minimum wage.
Child labor is outlawed.
Men and women will receive equal pay for commensurate labor.
Workers will have a standard forty-hour work week, with a maximum of sixty hours, all labor performed beyond forty hours will be paid at a rate of time and one half.
Employers will be required to meet minimum safety standards to be set by the National Labor Office.
Employees will have the right to compensation for death or injury that occurs either while performing activities related to their employment or while at an employer's premises.
Employees shall also have the right to file civil suits against employers for unsafe work conditions or practices.""And, in exchange for all these benefits, strikes are hereby outlawed.
From this point on unions, or the delegated representatives of a group of workers, will file any grievances they have with the National Labor Board.
The board will set up an arbitration hearing and listen to the arguments of both sides.
Their decisions shall be binding."
Does this sound like a fair exchange to anyone?
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by Crysuko » Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:14 pm
Genivaria wrote:Saw this while reading a story and was curious how it would be received here.There will be a minimum wage.
Child labor is outlawed.
Men and women will receive equal pay for commensurate labor.
Workers will have a standard forty-hour work week, with a maximum of sixty hours, all labor performed beyond forty hours will be paid at a rate of time and one half.
Employers will be required to meet minimum safety standards to be set by the National Labor Office.
Employees will have the right to compensation for death or injury that occurs either while performing activities related to their employment or while at an employer's premises.
Employees shall also have the right to file civil suits against employers for unsafe work conditions or practices.""And, in exchange for all these benefits, strikes are hereby outlawed.
From this point on unions, or the delegated representatives of a group of workers, will file any grievances they have with the National Labor Board.
The board will set up an arbitration hearing and listen to the arguments of both sides.
Their decisions shall be binding."
Does this sound like a fair exchange to anyone?
by The Liberated Territories » Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:16 pm
by Genivaria » Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:18 pm
Crysuko wrote:Genivaria wrote:Saw this while reading a story and was curious how it would be received here.
Does this sound like a fair exchange to anyone?
whoever wrote this is disasterously out of touch. First of all, 40 hours average and 60 maximum is a travesty on it's own, the rest may as well say "I HATE UNIONS" in size 72 bold
by Genivaria » Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:19 pm
Threlizdun wrote:It's naive to believe that capitalists and the state that represents them would put the interests of workers before the accumulation of capital. Strikes are among the most useful tools in the worker's arsenal. Giving it up is suicide.Genivaria wrote:Saw this while reading a story and was curious how it would be received here.
Does this sound like a fair exchange to anyone?
by Crysuko » Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:53 pm
by Crysuko » Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:57 pm
by Crysuko » Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:00 pm
by The Liberated Territories » Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:02 pm
by Crysuko » Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:04 pm
The Liberated Territories wrote:If the right likes anime, does the left like furries?
by Genivaria » Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:06 pm
Crysuko wrote:War Gears wrote:
It should fit in well with LWDT then.
nice non-argument you got thereGenivaria wrote:Considering that I consider myself lucky to snag 26 hours/week I'm not seeing the tragedy.
let me tell you that 40 hours a week is a struggle, and any more than that is hell on earth. and if those 40 hours are in an office, factory or warehouse, you'll be a husk inside of a decade.
by Valgora » Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:10 pm
The Liberated Territories wrote:If the right likes anime, does the left like furries?
MT+FanT+some PMT
Multi-species.
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