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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

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All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.

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Higher wages for underpaid workers.
Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
Better and fewer working hours.
Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.

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U.K. might follow Europe in fining employers who message staff after-hours (fortune.com)

submitted 3 months ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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The U.K. is considering joining a host of other European countries in making it more costly for restless employers to contact their employees after the working day ends.

The country’s fresh-faced Labour government is drafting legislation that would outlaw late-night WhatsApps, emails, and Slacks and potentially fine dissenting bosses heftily.

While commonplace across Europe, legislation giving workers a “right to disconnect” has lagged behind in the U.K., but now might become more European if reported changes to work culture are implemented.

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[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 24 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I guess nobody has a problem with being messaged to after hours, just with the expectation to reply after hours. Remain and chat are asynchronous communication media, in Stark contrast to phone or video call.

[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I do. Your own time is your own time. I don't want to be going to work the next day to be asked first thing what I'm doing about all the emails I was sent last night. Thinking about or reading about work is still work.

I'm not against being sent an email per say, but if I'm expected to read it and they're making my phone light up with notifications whilst I'm outside of my paid hours, it's a problem.

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My company (24/7 production plant) has a culture of having Do Not Disturb on after hours and email/Teams really being us for "you'll see this tomorrow". It's great! Takes some unlearning on new people coming in, with that and fully unplugging for PTO

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah same here, especially because I live in a very different time zone (Korea) than most of my coworkers (Europe).

[–] node_user@feddit.uk 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nope. Dont send me messages about work to my phone. I have email and a ticketing system for that. I'll see to it when I'm at work.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, why would my boss even have my phone number? There are corpo comm systems for corpo business.

In some companies I've worked at, it was even illegal to text each other outside said corpo systems. It made a lot of things clean and easy.

[–] Bimbleby@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

In my workplace we mostly communicate through mail and Teams, and I block notifications out of work hours.

It works wonders in terms of not thinking about work outside of work.

I know that not everyone are as fortunate as me to be able to do such a thing, which is why legislation is most welcome.