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Robots
Robotnik means ‘worker’ in Polish and robotník means ‘worker’ in Czech/Slovak. The issue of robots forces us to think about human labor, because human labor is becoming less necessary thanks to machines. We need to support the work of machines so that humans can survive without doing this work. If machines replace human labor, these humans…
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Working class racism
The working class has existed since the mid-18th century, with the Industrial Revolution in the UK. It consisted of a population of peasant origin uprooted geographically to the centers of production, with no control over the use of their time. The wages of this working class only enabled them to survive and reproduce. This class…
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The Modern “chiffon rouge”
When people organize to improve their conditions, there are results. They don’t need representatives to speak for them, instead of them. When staff unions live off the backs of union members, they no longer defend them, they scare them so that they stay in the union. They believe that if employees have poor working conditions,…
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Housing
Why is housing so expensive, whether to buy or rent? Why are people forced to pay when “the right to housing is a human right.” With limited financial means, it’s hard to find affordable, good-quality housing. ((Le droit au logement est un droit humain– Human Rights: https://www.humanrights.ch/fr/nouvelles/droit-humain-logement) In the cities, prices have skyrocketed. They have…
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Jiro’s art of working
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011) – IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772925 ILO Director-General on the future of work – BBC interview: https://youtu.be/G4vlZ7N5Is8 ILO Director-General participates in future of work debate in Italy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LExpLqGugac The future of work we want – International Labour Office: http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/future-of-work/lang–en/index.htm