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Why are most labor laws today, made in favor of employers? (self.antiwork)

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[–]WinEquivalent4069 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It's because far too many of us believe, dream and/or think that 1 day we will be the boss, the owner, the big man in control so they keep voting for politicians who don't care about workers in the hopes that 1 day when they are in charge it will be easier for them to stay in control. Most of us will never be the boss or owner and that's OK but we need to except that and start voting for those that have our best interests in mind and not the owners and bosses. For those who have the mentality of if we don't watch out for business they may leave which I say they can adapt, die or move on. It's the mentality they have regarding workers.

[–]Visual-Phone-7249[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My last boss actually accepted his promotion because he didn't know how to say "no." He got lucky because -his- bosses didn't actually expect him to do much. Most of the time he would clock himself in and stay at home, because we used an app to clock in/out.

I don't know if he believed that the pay raise was worth the headache. He never answered his phone, never responded to texts. Our team lead basically did his job for him, and she only did that because she actually cared about people. It blew my mind.. I've never met anyone like her, and probably won't ever again.

But my official boss? He just stayed at home, agreed to anything his hire ups said, and in the end I got laid off in an obvious push for profits. I could have cussed him out, but I didn't, I just didn't see any productive reason for it. And at the time? I was kind of relieved to return to being unemployed, which I still am. I know he had to know that was coming, and he didn't warn me. I know he didn't give a flying breeze of air about me. But I'm just not the type of person to fly off the handle. This happened almost exactly one month ago.

I am sure that he still has his job and I hope that my team lead finally found a better job somewhere else, because I know she was looking.