Antiwork

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We're trying to improving working conditions and pay.
We're trying to reduce the numbers of hours a person has to work.
We talk about the end of paid work being mandatory for survival.

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"I worry that the path to a skilled trade can be compromised when you offer an artificially high wage for, I hate the expression, but an unskilled job." ~ Mike Rowe (www.foxbusiness.com)

submitted 1 year ago by jxPTkCXcakcoGNmdhtur@monyet.cc to c/antiwork@lemmy.ml

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The host of Dirty Jobs said that when asked about the debate of the raising the minimum wage in April 2021.

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[–] AuthorInkwell@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The moment I hear someone try to call ANY job "unskilled labor", I have to fight the urge to shove the tools into their hands and say, "Okay, YOU do it, then, since it's so simple."

[–] theceoofanarchism@kolektiva.social 2 points 1 year ago

@AuthorInkwell @jxPTkCXcakcoGNmdhtur Its beneath me and demeaning to demand I do a job the poors are supposed to. Its just nature there are some jobs for sophisticated intellectuals like and me and some that are not.

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