Work Reform

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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.

Our Philosophies:

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.

Our Goals

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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Restaurant group in Massachusetts is trying to reject a public vote on paying tipped workers (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/workreform@lemmy.world

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The ballot effort to increase the minimum wage for tipped workers faces a new challenge as opponents seek to disqualify signatures collected by organizers.

The Massachusetts Restaurant Association filed an objection to several signatures and petition sheets submitted to the secretary of state by the ballot campaign group, One Fair Wage. The signatures were the final hurdle for ballot organizers to get the issue in front of voters in November.

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[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Not the person you replied to, but I do think it's a fair comparison, most are operated by a buy product sell product to customer system. Take retail for example there is nothing in a restaurant environment that retail isn't having to do at store level, because it's still buying products with the intent to supply it to the customer base. You still have to deal with the same mechanics still have to deal with waste you still have to deal with pricing for the consumer you still have to deal with your wages, so my question is how is the restaurant industry not the same.

This of course is also not including the majority of the other countries that do not use our system and seem to be handling it just fine.

As a consumer I would much rather have to deal with a higher menu price with the sign that saying tips not required then have to deal with trying to figure out how much the transaction is going to cost plus whatever the tip is going to be which seems to be getting higher and higher. Plus it also helps the employee out because if they're in a lower end restaurant that isn't getting many customers or they get assigned a crappier area, they don't have to keep track themselves to make sure they're reporting to their employer "hey I didn't actually make minimum wage this week so you're going to have to pay the difference" it also removes a lot of volitily in terms of how much you're actually going to get paid