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One of the core things capitalism is interested in is making any labor performed invisible.
Capitalism does not want you to think about the people who designed your furniture. It does not want you to think about the people who sewed your clothes. It does not want you to think about the people who plant and harvest the food you are eating, or the people who work to keep your infrastructure running. Capitalism has a vested interest in you never thinking about the people taking away your trash, or the people who work in the warehouses from where you order. It has a vested interest even in you ignoring the work of the many invisible hands who might work on your entertainment - the caterers, set builders, gaffers, and so on.
Because as long as you are ignorant of the labor put into the things you consume, you will be fine with those laborers being treated like shit.
That is why you need to keep thinking of that labor. Look at the things in your room and keep the people who worked for it in mind. Look at your clothes, your furniture, your gadgets. Think of the sewers, the warehouse workers, the miners, the technicians. Think of the people capitalism wants you to forget.
Your parents and grandparents worked one job because they had unions supported by Democrats. Republicans starting with Reagan busted the unions and allowed corporations to pay slave wages while taking away healthcare and pensions.
TAX THE RICH!
I work at Starbucks so I can't afford a car.
If you want another example of how this company is full of evil hacks, they are now making it harder for us to get to and from work.
They had this partnership with Lyft where between 6 PM and 6 AM you could get $20 off a Lyft to or from your home store. It was deemed a safety measure for those of us who don't have cars so we're not waiting outside in the dark before open or after close.
It's 7:30 PM, I'm done with my shift. My bus won't be here for half an hour so I try to call a Lyft only to find my coupon isn't applying.
I refresh it, I look under payments, I'm assuming it's a bug. Then I check the benefits screen and find this.
They have *halved* our availability to use this service. Also, not all Starbucks are open under 11:30 PM making this benefit useless.
None of this was told to partners. We had to discover it on our own.
This is how companies fuck you. You may think you have great benefits, but you have no power to keep them. Once labor gets compliant, the executives will take everything, bit by bit, penny by fucking penny. And reminder, this was a *safety* measure. Your wellbeing is meaningless to them.
Fuck the executive class. Unionize now. Collective action is the only thing these bloodsuckers fear and they need to be very, very afraid.
Join your local IWW branch today!
