• chewypoops@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Americans will attack other workers for minor differences in lifestyle rather than attack their boss for failing to provide basic quality of life in exchange for full time work.

    Just like the ruling class wants…

  • EpicFailGuy@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Just because our cage is slightly nicer and we get fed slightly better slop doesn’t mean we’re not in this together.

    Most of us are sticking with you … the real problem is the 1%

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      2 months ago

      I mean y’all could stick it to the one percent by forgoing going to the store or eating out on labor day

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    2 months ago

    it’s curious that the US does not observe it in that day since the events that commemorates it happened in Chicago, during a series of protests for a 8 hour work day.

    But of course, that is not accident. They put a lot of effort in framing workers’ movements as a communist plot. At one point they even instituted a “loyalty day” on 1st of May to counteract any labour movement.

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    2 months ago

    someone unironically told me yesterday ‘you must be so busy with everyone off!’

    I WAS busy, nothing changed on my end compared to every other Monday of the year. which is basically I’m given a job that’s too much for one person, but I struggle to get help so often than even getting my legally required breaks can be like pulling teeth.

    anyway I just said ‘except for me! (:’ and she didn’t say anything else after that.

    it’s like these people forget that we too are humans working behind the counter. People that are WORKING on LABOR day.

  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Idk the factory shut down for the holiday, just like every factory I’ve ever worked in. Yeah I’m an intellectual laborer, but the folks on the floor doing manufacturing also got the day off