Since being diagnosed with terminal cancer to see who people truly are or see who your “real” friends are has become apparent. Not a single one has just hit me up to see if I’m okay see if I’m even alive. This world is shit and almost everyone in it just fucking chases money money money!!! I’m a man’s man the works and builds with his hands.. That’s right the guy that built the fucking antena towers the skyscrapers the ceos and partners fucking work in a man’s man built. We fix and build everything and paid fucking shit for it. Trust fund baby’s and stockbrokers to sit in the buildings we built to play with our fucking money. Oh we lost this much in our annuity or our benefits dropped or pension is gone….. ONLY THING IS YOU FUCKING CROOKS WOULDNT HAVE THE BUILDINGS THE STOCKS THE ANYTHING WITHOUT A MANS MAN!!! Do people even know how many die from putting a building up how many can’t feed their family’s anymore because disability is only 66% of our income? Does anyone even care? I’m posting this for every person that works their ass off to build the fucking country hospitals schools skyscrapers homes that get treated like shit and paid fucking nothing compared to people that sit in the buildings we risk our lives for. FUCK THIS PLACE THE TAXES THE CANT CLAIM MY DUES ANYMORE CANT EVEN AFFORD MY HOME THAT I FUCKING BUILT!! WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO BUILD FOR BILLIONAIRES FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR FUCK THEM PAY US!!!

As we know, President elect, Trump has not taken office yet. But his incel supporters are already at war with themselves and the GOP. They simply cannot govern effectively their severely incompetent people that can only tear things down. These next four years will be an epic disaster of right wing conspiracy theories on crazy train headed to economic disaster! Well, the working-class people that supported Trump I hope you’re happy that he’ll cut your Social Security, education, healthcare, food stamps and Dismantled the worker relation board!

In order to het help you have to either be rich or broke. I have a job and I am going to school part time to get a bachelors and I can’t afford to rent and I can’t afford to buy. Don’t qualify for any programs that help with rent or buying a house because I “make too much” but don’t bring home enough to afford rent or a mortgage. I wish I could leave this shitty country.

I am very disappointed in the world we live in. why must corporate greed grow exponentially while the working class struggles to even buy groceries anymore. i don’t know what to do to get my voice heard, but there are far more poor people than rich people. i wish we could put an end to these phenomenal wage gaps! i work very hard & honestly cannot tell!

If I was running for office in the US, this would be my economic agenda.

1. Increase funding for and strengthen antitrust
2. Robust labor protections and enforcement
3. Progressive taxation and tax code reform
4. End or significantly restrict corporate welfare
5. Campaign finance reform
6. Overturn citizens united
7. Robust climate protections
8. Strengthen corporate accountability
9. Create a robust social safety net
10. Prosecute executives that break the law
11. Reform existing trade deals
12. Break up the super banks
13. Raise the minimum wage to a livable wage

This agenda is pro-working class. It will restore balance to our system, and revitalize our economy. Tell me your thoughts. Be kind and respectful to thy neighbor(:

If you're a working professional, do you find it difficult to play your favorite sports regularly due to challenges like finding partners, opponents, or booking venues? What are the main issues you face, and would you be interested in a platform that helps you connect with players and book venues more easily?

Could you please complete this survey? It is a part of our project in one of the courses at university. It won't take 5 mins :)))) Your responses are anonymous and will be very helpful!

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I am from South East asia and I consider myself rich (USD35 millions in my personal savings) and I don't have to work, just help out my dad's businesses once in a while. I may not be in the Forbes top rich list (not interested either) but I am happy with my "millions" and have no ambition to gain "billions" anytime soon.

I never boost my wealth openly (that's why I stay miscellaneous here), I always believe I am like anyone else on the street, but just wonder if those of you (working class, poor) want to know any specific about being rich.

I’m a good worker. There’s no reason why I don’t have a stable job. I don’t question God. I listen. I work hard to make achievements. Just for a job to tell me I’m not what they’re looking for. 26. No career and big aspirations. I put in so many applications just to not get the second round interview or to be canned after a few weeks for having a voice to change in operations. I tried so many ways to make income. What way is the best way to get to the bag ?

Looking at moving to either Florida or North Carolina to start a carer as ems, police or fire.

What are the pros vs cons of living, strictly working class so I’m looking for decent col/wage, definitely need a place to surf, a relatively healthy community to get involved in would be icing on the cake

I am also open to the coast of Georgia, Louisiana, or Texas but haven’t looked into those states as much yet. Just looking for a place I can show up, work hard and do a good job, have some hobbies on the side and take care of myself Thanks guys!

When I look up statistics of what the average person gets paid in America, I’m seeing a mean of about 75,000 and a median of 56,000. I live in Florida with my wife. I am a skilled veterinary technician ( not required to be certified in Florida and many of us are not because you can’t get a decently paying job as a vet tech even if you are certified), my wife works in mental health with a masters degree. We each made about $35,000 last year. these average wages are just not lining up with reality for the very average people that I know, even in skilled labor positions like we have. I am realizing more and more each year that the reason we are live in relative comfort is both of our parents are able to foot the bill for certain things. I’ve never had a car payment, i’m still on the family phone plan etc. but I’m 30 now and those privileges are not going to last forever. I guess when I’m asking is am I really that poor compared to people and other in industries that have specific skills. Do you guys think these average and median wages are truly indicative of the average American across different states?

I work for a top 100 company, last month was my 27th service anniversary. I'm getting up in age and both knees need to be replaced. My current job has me walking the floor for 10 hours 4 days a week and 8 hours on Fridays when we work, normally about 2 weeks a month. Earlier this year I put in for a job which would have got my off the floor and behind a desk for probably 80% of the time. I am well qualified for the job I put in for becausevI already do it a lot of the time in my current job. The job I put in for was roughly a two dollar an hour pay cut for me but I was willing to do it to get off the floor. I didn't get the job and it was giving to someone who had been with the company for one year and had zero experience for the job. I confronted the HR manager about it and he gave me a load of BS excuses. I accepted it for what it was, I work for a company that does care about me at all but because I need to work a few more years I kept my mouth shut and do my job. Couple months later the person they gave the job to was demoted back to their old job because they simply could do the new job. When they reposted the job they changed the requirements for it and increased the pay by five dollars an hour. The new requirements are a degree in computer engineering which I don't have so again I asked and was given more BS excuses. Its getting really hard to continue to work there or really even care about the job when Im there. Im currently looking for another job but cant find anything closevto paying what I make now. Im having the first knee replacement in November and plan on taking a real estate course while im out of work and see if I can get my license to become a real estate agent. Am I crazy for trying to do this at 58 years of age. I think its something zi could continue to do after I retire from my current job. Thanks

I work as a housekeeper in a hospital and it's usually fine but sometimes I get scared. I've seen so many of my coworkers get fired. It's usually for something stupid like one guy got in a fistfight on shift and the police had to break it up. But another girl was a pregnant mother who did a great job, but called out 1 too many times in her first couple months.

My problem is there is not enough to do all shift. I get all my work done always, I've been told I'm the best worker they have and I never have complaints about my areas. But there's probably about 2 or 3 hours a day I have nothing left to do. So I end up chilling somewhere people don't walk by much. There's a room I used to sit in for an hour or two at a time because it was quiet and people couldn't see me in there very well. Reason I hide is because hospital staff are like vultures trying to nitpick you and bother you about sitting down, even if it's your designated 15 min break. It's all about appearances to them. I'm sorry I'm not walking 5 minutes across a massive hospital to get to the 1 break room in the basement to take my 15, I'm gonna sit down nearby where I'm working.

But anyway, I've worked here over a year and I know we ALL sit down for a while during our shift because there isn't enough work to do. We can't leave early because the company has a contract that we have to be there the whole designated time which is fine, if there's an emergency mess I'm ready to tackle it. So who cares if we sit down when all the required work is done?

So I have a couple of spots where I've been able to safely "hide", chill out without hardly ever being seen. Well, one spot I was sitting in last week randomly someone snitched to my manager. He just told me not to go on break in there, I feel like he doesn't give a shit, he just doesn't want me to get caught because the people above him do give a shit. Okay fine

Then last night I was sitting in my other spot. 2 hospital managers walked through. One said to me "you know this isn't a break room" and I felt my ears turn red. I said no, but I usually take my 15 in here. Basically he ended up saying I was fine since there wasn't any patient information lying about in this room, it was a secure area.

But a couple days earlier a different manager also saw me in there, he said oh I didn't know anyone was in here! And I said yeah lol sorry, I like to take my breaks in here. He didn't seem bothered and my boss didn't talk to me the next day so I felt I was good. But after last night I feel so panicked again

All these 3 things happened in 1 week. It makes my anxiety crazy. I feel like I better start finding another job before I get fired because it feels like someone's going to complain and it's just a matter of time. I'm trying to stay on my feet more, but there's only so much dusting and scrubbing I can find to do... plus it hurts my back and carpal tunnel to do too much in a day. I feel so confused, this job was just fine and I was always able to chill in my safe spots when I got done with my tasks but suddenly I feel unsafe.

I'm terrified because I have a pretty crappy resume and mental health issues and just looking through indeed makes me feel so triggered and stressed. I don't know how to fully put that into words but I hate working. I hate pretending I care about any of this shit. I used to be bright eyed and bushy tailed about helping people! Contributing! But every office job I've had has turned out to be some form of societally sanctioned scam, like a company I worked for 3 years where I had to collect fees from patients to transfer their medical records. I turned to housekeeping work because it was so much more honest and didn't make me feel like I was fucking up someone's life with a smile. But the lack of respect people have for cleaners makes me feel like shit too. I just like I'm treated like a child at work when I'm a 29 year old woman with a bachelor's degree.

I don't even know where to begin. How do people find jobs these days? I can't create a strong brand on LinkedIn because my resume is so ridiculous. I don't get how people present a strong profile to employers even though they're applying to potentially very different jobs. Indeed feels like an unforgiving hamster wheel and every other listing is some kind of mlm or insurance agent "you could make 1k per week if you are very special! Just spend 5 hours a day driving and hoping you get clients" type of deal. I feel totally lost and abandoned in this job market. There are jobs I know I could do, but I don't have the technical education/experience, and I have no network to speak of to make up for that. I have severe social anxiety and trauma around jobs I had as a teen so I feel completely helpless. Idk.what do I even do? I feel like I like my job but I know it'll end eventually, and when it does I'll be cooked.

So as I was driving to work at 3am, I wondered why we don't get paid for our commute. I'm going into work as a responsible adult that I get paid for, so why can't I get paid for the drive time as well. Maybe half the regular pay for commuting and companies can have a maximum distance they can pay for of the commute.

The Class Struggle Action Network we will be having an organizer's roundtable discussion where we will all have the opportunity to share about the organizing we are apart of; whether that be moving forward class unionism (https://class-struggle-action.net/?p=1863) in our unions or in-process unionization campaigns. Giving us the opportunity to connect across workplaces/organizing efforts, get support/problem solve challenges, get into the nitty gritty of worker organizing, and show up in solidarity for each other.

When: Thursday, August 8th, 6:30pm PST

Where: Online via Zoom

Fill out this form to be sent the meeting link: https://class-struggle-action.net/?p=2451

Quick question for those that work and have jobs. This is market analysis of the working class for a side hussle of mine.

I can imagine how tough your job is, especially when you wake up early, battle traffic and sleep deprivation, bottle stress at work and go to sleep late. If this sounds like you [and a lot more], please stick around.

The question is: If you were to have any item/gadget/appliance/furniture to somehow make your day easier (e.g., an automated coffee machine that brews coffee in the morning, or a comfy bed) or more bearable, what would it be?

If you don't have a specific item, maybe a concept. All I require is your need(s). *Feel free to add a few items in bullet/number list.

Thank you for your time.

I lost my contract project in April and have been heavily job searching. I have become so desperate, I’ve applied to fast food jobs (which I haven’t gotten a response for) as I am a Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner. In the past 3 months I’ve had one job interview while spending 5-8 hours a day searching and applying to jobs Monday-Friday. I’ve run out of money this month and will be getting evicted from my apartment next month as I can’t pay my rent and don’t even have money for moving expenses…i have to move back to my home state, (which I hate) to stay with family. I feel like this is rock bottom and I’m deeply depressed…I feel like a failure! I’m miserable…I have stopped living life! Why has being gainfully employed become so hard?

Just looking for peoples opinions I’m looking for a new job as an electrical superintendent. The job requires me to relocate from New York to Tennessee. Guess I just wanted to ask what kind of job security should I ask for if I decide to move forward with this? Don’t want to relocate my entire life then the job doesn’t work out 3 months in