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Forum Post: Open the eyes of the 99%

Posted 13 years ago on Sept. 28, 2011, 9:16 a.m. EST by phantomxr8 (0)
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Hello, keep up the good work, you are on the cusp. I live in Sydney Australia and I am so close to hopping on a plane and joining the march. The media is willing to listen, I've seen some interviews on the big TV stations' news websites, they can be used to access the people. In each 'Big Business' there are the chiefs(1%) and the indians(99%). You guys need to help the indians see that they are enslaved each day by the cheifs. Ask them to band together like a Union and take their lives back. Each worker can be safe in the knowing that they have backup from fellow workers. It can start with sticking to standard work hours each day, make a public decree via the media. It's not their fault that the company they're working for is struggling to make a profit because of global and open competition. The workers also need to understand that the management in these companies have absolutely no regard for the workers' livelihoods and have no hesitation in flicking people when the bottom line is not adding up. If all workers can understand this, stick together and push back, they can get their lives back. The movement can then progress to the point where management is removed from these companies, thus removing the financial overheads.

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[-] 1 points by gawdoftruth (3698) from Santa Barbara, CA 13 years ago

open the eyes of the protesters. I'm still waiting for your movement to wake up.

https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150409084095833

[-] 1 points by littleg (452) 13 years ago

Also a friendly suggestion, it would better if you donate your money to this movement instead of spending it on your travel. Saves your carbon footprint and really helps the movement via donations. It's only a suggestion and decision is yours. I hope you don't mind.

[-] 1 points by littleg (452) 13 years ago

This is the concept or the reason behind unions. Unions are required because there is excess supply of labor and fewer jobs driving down wages in the open market. There is no big economic rule than the supply vs demand rule. If supply is more prices come down, if supply is less and demand is high prices go up. The reason why corporations don't want unions is, they know that they can no longer depend on Supply vs demand rule to get cheap labor if Unions exist. Unions negotiate wages. Dumb Conservatives don't understand this simple economic rule and want to destroy unions like zombies.