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Now is the time, stick together. Demand a livable wage! Cannot depend on corporations to make the change. They have been abusing the lower/middle working class since their inception.
dadof2as
Amazon just bumped our top end in my building, $17.50 to $20
BeautifulThighs
Apes together strong!
dazedNconfuzed
Calories aren’t free.
euphoricopportunity
Thriving wage...
dxdifr
I'm making $1 a day from safemoon
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
And I'm paying $1 a day to keep the moon safe.
MrAgrijag
Base wages for dishwashers and line cooks are already being driven up in my area, one restaurant is offering 14 an hour for dishwashers
MrAgrijag
Step in the right direction
NarratorDurden
I've thought recently that worldwide underpaid essential workers should all agree to book the exact same day/week off.
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
We should!!
Fatbellynsmokestomuch
States are revoking your federal benifits to force you to work for unlivable wages. Stay strong, force the change to a livable wage.
goodguybad
Fooby
I was on some call with sales folk, and they were bitching about how restaurant people would prefer to stay home and take unemployment.
Fooby
On the inside "sure if i was working for tips and $1/hour, I might think that was a good deal too"
guactopus
If you want a living wage, vote. Vote locally, vote nationally. No amount of tweets or likes will influence policy.
waltjrimmer
Vote and act. Protest. Strike. Organize. Boycott. There are two keys to change, money and power. Get enough people together, you have both.
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
Stick it to the man. Get a can job for 20-30 years and then totally rip them off.
FrisbeeDog
Yes, vote LOCAL. Not just in presidential elections!
iamdanman
Viva revolution?
orlandocalrisian
Member in the 1950's when someone working at a soda shop made a livable wage? Now your lucky if you can afford to rent a room.
FaptainPicard
No. We don’t remember. If we were of working age in 1950 we’d be 85. Also the poverty rate was higher in 1950. Couldn’t have been great.
Peachos
Sadly if the American populace would take note from wallstreetbets Apes together strong. Apes can ROYALLY fuck billionaires just by sticking
indigodragons
Exactly Peachos ?
Peachos
together & losing the crab mentality. Then Hold. Because they will fight it with every fiber of their beings to try & maintain.
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
Crabs unite!!
khazaria
I thought the lesson from wallstreetbets was that if some people hold, you can sell and make a lot of money. I mean, I get your point, just
khazaria
saying that clearly happened :-/
Peachos
The point was to screw over hedge funds by playing their own games & exploiting their cockiness to do it. It was just Very hard to get every
Peachos
one to hold since alot of these ppl had never invested anything prior & the scare tactics these billionaires used to try & press it.
indigodragons
I’m on board sign my ass up too!
letuswatchtvinpeace
Thriving wage, we want more than just to cover the bills
jeremybamroxs9000
Unionize!!!!
SonderingStrike
Alone we ask, together we demand.
DrJonez
✊✊?✊?✊?✊?✊?
ImYouFromTheFuture
Can someone explain why the argument isn't for people just not taking lower paying jobs?
Grimmiemommer
Got into a trade.
StreaksOnTheChinaNeverMatteredBefore
Efreeti
Fuck living wage. Aim for thriving minimum wage.
Kevinbfree
We can actually make this happen if enough of us just get on board.
DVSBSTrD
Crawmak
I had trouble knowing what I was looking at for a few seconds there. Thought it was some funky train dome at first.
SoupForMyFamily
johnvictor
Still not correct. They need to be armed because the boss will hire a private security force to suppress them.
SoupForMyFamily
smokiesmurf
Out if curiosity what would be a good wage for a restaurant worker?
Mydogismybestman
Depends where you live
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
$100
justplainvanilla
Dionysus187
Not so much people with good lives, people with a shit ton of resources and still act like what they have is never enough.
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
Most of us have good lives, compared to other less fortunate parts of the world and other points in time. I know it feels like it sucks, tho
Sashimikun
Just because others have suffered more doesn't invalidate your own hardships.
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
I didn't say that it did.
Gababu
Unpopularimguropinion: we already do except for rent. Everything in US capitalism is actually really fucking affordable except for rent. >>
PartsAndKrafts
Health insurance is the frustrating one for me. The family plans cost as much as my taxes in total - something wrong there.
Gababu
>> we're paying like 15k - 20k a year on just rent. A Lamborghini cost like 200k no? 10yrs of poor peoples rent gets you one of the most >>
Gababu
>> luxurious types of cars in the world. That type of shit has never been comparable in human history or even thinkable. A vacation package>
Gababu
>> to mexico for like 4 - 5 with resort it's like 2 fucking thousand. That's less than 2 months rent. A full fucking vacation package for 2.
johnvictor
Everything is affordable when you don't need to pay for your basic necessities to survive!
TheGhostofElizabethShue
oneandoneandoneisthree
Love Herbert Hoover ??
Larrimus1
I personally prefer this one:
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
I only remember the bottom quote cause it was in the post above.
ItsDandySpaceDandy
I'm stealing this. Thanks.
TheGhostofElizabethShue
Zaranthan
Is that a fucking KUNG FURY meme?
ItsDandySpaceDandy
God damn right it is. A @BabyFarkMcGeeZax original. Head on over to his profile and be amazed at quality and quantity.
MatthewBecker
What would America be like if he had his third term
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
He might still be our president to this very day
TheBoysInTheLab
He was inaugurated into his 4th term, and died 82 days in.
MakerOnTheMove
I've still heard plenty of conservatives argue against a lot of what he did, so it's not like an FDR quote is gonna sway them unfortunately.
SnailMail1
Further proof that conservatives have, for a very long time, not given a fuck about the worker or bettering America for everyone.
StorytellingSalem
Dont ask for a living wage; DECLARE for a THRIVING wage. Your time is valuable. Treat it like so
LordSparklebutt
A prevailing wage and a chicken in every pot!!!
bluedaemon
Remember when the minimum wage was $7 or less? ?it was only about 10 years ago
slack3rdav3
vs the $7.25 that it CURRENTLY is?
Dionysus187
Starting to give companies shit a bit now. Have a WFH job but they are starting to get stupidly strict and I have back up plans.
iamawaffleiron
This is something we're hammered on as software engineers. Know your worth or companies will try to exploit and belittle you.
Lynith
SE manager here. The industry is rife with opportunity. Of all career paths, you should put up with that BS the least.
Daarst
I constantly hear this, but I have a degree in Computer Science and I can't find shit. No one will hire people without years of experience
Lynith
Sorry to hear that. Might be geographic? I know there's a lot of opportunities in the DC area that's where I got my start.
Daarst
I've been looking nationally and am still struggling. I can also pass a drug test/security check without issue. I'm thinking the outlook >>
Lynith
I have some colleagues who got their start in Houston too. Many places will pay for relocation too.
Lynith
And if you can pass a drug test and a security check? Forget it. You write your own check there.
Nunyajonesinc
It is time for a whole bunch of change in the US, I'm fucking done with being a corporate serf
indigodragons
Same!
floofnmeeps
Afuckingmen
NarratorDurden
Typical Americans response, all about them, this is global you idiots, stop being so tribal
datphone777365
Mild irony?
Onda6g
29 minute lunch. Not a second more
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
Very cool. Good talk.
indigodragons
I know right? Love OP’s vibe.
ILikedTheirOldStuffBetter
BluebellRhymes
Convince a republican to vote democrat, it's that simple. If 5% of the US did that you'd solve most your problems.
AoKToday
"simple"
ZVMaker
Hell of a lot easier said than done, mate
IdiotSavantTinker
IMightBeIntoSomeWeirdStuff
I think I'm done being American
newyorknyc
Adios, kemosabe
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
I'm gonna go be Russian, cyka blyat!
LonelyHumanBoy
Don't be; be done with un-american assholes pretending to be American.
Xenocideisaplan
I'll try but I'm unsure how to oust them from power
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
Let's katniss everdeen the capitol building!
LonelyHumanBoy
"Speak Softly, and carry a big stick" as President Roosevelt used to say. I think we need to get our sticks soon.
Xenocideisaplan
I'm more of a gun girl, but I suppose I can find someone to teach me how to use a stick
dazedNconfuzed
You’re free to go earn money however you like. Go ahead.
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
I'm gonna earn it by making the best memes and downvoting opinions like yours!
jjsjosCreator
bootlicker
nightripper
There are systemic problems that make it near impossible to advance, such as high childcare costs, high medical costs, high tuition...
nightripper
...and when you're working two crap jobs to make ends meet you get trapped in a cycle that's hard to break free no matter the gumption.
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
I can barely afford my house right now. Working 2.5 jobs trying to support 4.25 kids.
RigorMorphist
How do you have a quarter of a kid?
cakeycakes
Define "however you like"
Photeus
You know, you have freedom. Freedom to get a small million dollar loan from your parents and freedom to run your business to bankruptcy.
TrojanGiraffe
How to become a millionaire: step 1. Inherit 2 million dollars. Step 2: lose a million dollar running a casino... somehow
cakeycakes
Oh snap, I've been American-ing all wrong!
johnvictor
Well if the poster is anything like a scumbag I talked to this morning, you're expendable so go cry about it librul cuck.
cakeycakes
?
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
However you can, and within that margin, however you want.
Nunyajonesinc
It's easy, I just need to bed like your favorite Fuck Boy Elon and be born rich
jjsjosCreator
you mean born into a emerald mining familly that operated during apartheid? interesting stuff
johnvictor
It's almost like most if not all the wealthy are that way via exploitation in some manner. Huh, interesting stuff indeed...
jjsjosCreator