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cyu@sh.itjust.worksM to unions@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months ago

Entering the workplace typically means leaving the freedoms of democratic society behind. For most, every job is to follow orders. Functionally speaking, workers are servants.

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Entering the workplace typically means leaving the freedoms of democratic society behind. For most, every job is to follow orders. Functionally speaking, workers are servants.

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cyu@sh.itjust.worksM to unions@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months ago
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Why Canada needs a law that gives workers the right to govern their workplace
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In its governance structure, the modern workplace operates as a kind of mini dictatorship. But what if there were an actual legal right to workplace democracy?
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    And their superiors are able to emotionally and psychologically abuse them without repercussions.

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    We are only a wage slave under corporate warfare on the working class .

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    Self-employment sure does rule tho

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      Only for those who govern themselves democratically. Anything else is becoming self-exploitation

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    Fuck AI images

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    People are seen as workers in the US.

    That is a dehumanizing view.

    Think about it: You are not a human, you are a worker.

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      A fate worse than death to the capitalist.

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    “Functionally”? Really? Still, in this modern era, we’re fed half-measures from spineless “journalists”? As dependable as death & taxes, I guess.

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      ?

      what’s wrong with the term “functionally” according to you?

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