#worker culture

[blossomroom]

La tradición tanguera de los barrios obreros de Bello. Personalidad de una tierra de inmigrantes que se desvanece en el anonimato de la ciudad sin nombre.

Bello, Antioquia, enero de 2022

[nando161mando]

#1: “let’s form a union.”

[icedsodapop]

[sparksinthenight]

If the economy NEEDS workers working in degrading, dehumanizing, dangerous jobs where they have very little power, then you need to get a different economy. Any world that relies upon the exploitation and abuse of the workers needs to be burned to the ground and rebuilt. We can make a society where no one has to work a job that’s physically, mentally, spiritually, socially, emotionally, or environmentally unhealthy or unsafe for them. We need to create that society.

[sweet-potato-42]

Another thing

you might feel bad for quackity now that an actual union is getting involved and threatening serious repercussions

this really is to be expected and treating mayor projects like QSMP as bussinesses not just little projects should be standard

best case scenario this really shows to people everywhere that online workers deserve rights and have ways to act and the QSMP doesnt need to shut down but has mayor changes

if the QSMP makes it through and has a mayor restructuring it would be amazing to have such a cool project be run well

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Times have changed and waiting until retirement to enjoy life is no longer the milestone Canadian millennials and Gen Z strive for, according to a recent survey. A Leger survey commissioned by Canadian investment service Wealthsimple found that nearly three-quarters (74 per cent) of Canadians between the ages of 25 and 44 feel the conventional approach to retirement — to stop working at 65 years old to then enjoy travelling, leisure and time with family and friends — is an outdated concept. The online money management platform says the study reflects ambition among millennials and Gen Z Canadians for "a modern form of retirement" that lets them pursue personal and professional passions throughout their adult lives.

Continue Reading.

Tagging: @newsfromstolenland

[kafkasapartment]

Row of Empty Stools and Typewriters, c. 1935. Wendell Macrae. Silver print.

[mewklu]

elliot maids for maid day !! 🫶

[handweavers]

lets turn this conversation back to asia lmao. i also find it interesting how these terms have shifted here in seasia. grew up pretty much understanding that asians that come here are immigrants while white people that come here are expats, even if the white people give up their citizenship. what i find interesting is that recently there has been a shift, rich people from other asian countries are also being labelled as "exapts" whether or not they plan to migrate back. however the racism still prevails - people who were completely fine with white expats are complaining and protesting about asian expats stealing their jobs. you'll never see a poor asian person get the expat treatment though, even if they are only here to make some money and go back in a few years. there's your nuance random commentor

exactly, like you'll never see an indonesian or filipino woman who comes to work as a maid in malaysia or singapore to make some money and go back in a few years being called an expat, she is always an "immigrant" but a wealthier person from south korea or japan doing white collar work may now be described as an "expat" much like westerners. like you said, white people who immigrate permanently and even take up citizenship are still called "expats" and not "immigrants" because the word "immigrant" has racial and class connotations. my mom is a white canadian who immigrated to malaysia and has had PR for 20+ years but she's only ever called an expat, not an immigrant. whereas my (malaysian indian) dad in canada has held canadian PR for 40+ years and he's only ever been called an immigrant, even though he had no intention of staying permanently.

[fixing-bad-posts]

[Image description: A tumblr post, edited blackout-poetry style to read, "children need to be exposed to drag."]

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children need to be exposed to drag

[madeleineengland]

Look at this beautiful project in Japan to design new Kimono models inspired by traditional Palestinian clothes! 🇵🇸 

Some of the project's creations were displayed at a charity bazaar in Tokyo and the founder has been very vocal about Palestine, sharing posts in support with fundraising 🇵🇸 

This is a very worthy group project, of communion of ideas, talent and cultures. Some kimono collars were embroidered by refugee woman in Ramallah, West Bank.

Check the official page where they sell the costumes and even the embroidery if you want to show support: https://www.facebook.com/100057255738695/posts/pfbid02zweY1AM5n1EciiLSTga6QKo8trE2PgZMaLLHqEJWKSeAMGqtxRMNjKU7FYLV8eLHl/

[oldvintageglamour]

Chester Shipyard, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1943 🖤🛠️⚓🖤

📸: John Florea

[bogkeep]

my dearest wish is to have some way to signal to people "I AM NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE I'M JUST SCANDINAVIAN" in a natural, non-intrusive way whenever i'm travelling, especially to english speaking countries... the "hey how are you's" get me every single time

[hussyknee]

Speaking as a Sri Lankan whose country saw a general strike for the first time in forty years during the historic anti-government protests last year, I am so very excited for USAmericans to experience one for themselves. On one hand, it signals that the economic conditions are so dire that the majority of workers now have more to lose by going to work than not. That working conditions are impacting even the upper middle class. On the other hand– every. Single. Workers'. Union. In the. Damn. Country. The entire place a ghost town in a once-in-a-lifetime show of solidarity against the elite. You cannot imagine the exhilaration. You cannot imagine the show of power, the way the government and their crony capitalists and the fuckwits used to standing on people's necks piss their pants in fear. I think every country should see a general strike at least once every generation. It's not sustainable, but it doesn't have to be; it's to signal to the bosses that beyond this line is when the lid blows off this pressure cooker.

This means that shit is going to get damn ugly for weeks and months until the run up. It's going to primarily be a war of propaganda, because the bigger and more diverse the movement, the more cracks there will be between you to exploit. You're gonna have to get chill about a lot of things very quickly. You gotta get used to standing next to and holding the line with people you wouldn't want to spit on if they were on fire at any other time, with your eyes only on the prize. You're going to have to learn to support all kinds of problematic people without valorizing or demonizing them. Coalition building is political action at its most pragmatic and utilitarian; you don't need to share a moral page or be best buddies with people when pooling your resources against a common enemy. Idealogues don't win battles, coalitions do.

As for the success of our general strike, the President and his government rejected the unions' demands and refused to step down. Two weeks later, fifty houses of the government MPs all over the country burned down in one night, and a mob breeched the Prime Minister's mansions and set it on fire*. The PM resigned the next day, and the government was dissolved.

But that's a completely unrelated anecdote. 💅🏽

*Edit: it wasn't unions or any organized body that committed the arsons. It was widespread, spontaneous citizen reaction to a brutal attack on our largest peaceful protest site. Organized protest prevents this kind of escalation. The point is that when these attempts are not recognised, physical violence will be the inevitable outcome. As Martin Luther King said: "Riots are the language of the unheard".

[kafkasapartment]

Hired Hands, Black Cowboys Study 66, c. 1994. Manuello Paganelli. Archival digital print.

[kittyit]

max and i really are just natural culture workers. that's what makes sense to us and what we did when we were trans/queer too. being part of an unbroken line of lesbian thought and legacy and feminist thought and legacy is available to all of us and we want to perpetuate that. you don't have to make your own work to be part of the line but it is really awesome to contribute and Be There. like i know i've said this before but there are women's names who come up repeatedly in old periodicals or anthologies and stuff and i feel so excited to see them even though i have no idea who she is and have never been able to find them. and i like that i've had repeat contributors to projects and that will continue as well. like taking your own actions and thoughts and creative work seriously is inherently pro-woman and pro-lesbian and it's something you can do easily. even if you don't FEEL like taking it seriously, taking the material, measurable steps as if you do (make it, share it, put it where others can find it) is participating in legacy. and isn't that wonderful