Forum Post: Our Labor is Undermined and Undervalued

Posted 11 years ago on Oct. 4, 2013, 6:26 a.m. EST by grimwomyn (35) from New York, NY
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<p style=" margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;"> Cargo Chain</p></iframe></p> </div>  <p class="view-comments"> <a title="View Comments" href="/forum/undermined-undervalued/#comments"> 3 Comments</a> </p> </article> <h3 id="comments"> <span id="comment-count">3</span> Comments </h3> <div class="postcommentform"> <textarea rows="5" cols="70"></textarea><br /> <button class="save">post comment</button> <img class="loader" src="/media/img/ajax-loader.gif" width="16" height="16" /> <span class="error"></span> <a style="font-size:small" href="http://occupywallst.org/forum/moderating-policies-will-be-reposted-somewhere-pro/">Read the Rules</a> </div> <section id="comment-list"> <div class="item comment" id="comment-1007002"> <div class="content "> <div class="info"> <a class="collapse" href="#">[-]</a> <span class="karma">5</span> points by <span><a title="View beautifulworld's profile" class="user" href="/users/beautifulworld/">beautifulworld</a></span> (23821) <span class="published">11 years ago</span> </div> <div class="words"> <p>We need a new way to value labor and a new economic system that takes into account globalization and the information revolution.</p> <p>There is plenty of profit to go around. Profit is not the problem. How the profits are shared with the workers is the problem.</p> <p>And, how about a global minimum wage?</p> </div> <div class="links"> <a class="up " href="#">↥twinkle</a> <a class="down " href="#">↧stinkle</a> <a class="reply" href="#">reply</a> <a class="permalink" href="/forum/undermined-undervalued/#comment-1007002">permalink</a> </div> </div> <div class="replies"> </div> </div> <div class="item comment" id="comment-1007012"> <div class="content "> <div class="info"> <a class="collapse" href="#">[-]</a> <span class="karma">2</span> points by <span><a title="View Nevada1's profile" class="user" href="/users/Nevada1/">Nevada1</a></span> (5843) <span class="published">11 years ago</span> </div> <div class="words"> <p>Price of most things is twice what it should be.</p> </div> <div class="links"> <a class="up " href="#">↥twinkle</a> <a class="down " href="#">↧stinkle</a> <a class="reply" href="#">reply</a> <a class="permalink" href="/forum/undermined-undervalued/#comment-1007012">permalink</a> </div> </div> <div class="replies"> </div> </div> <div class="item comment" id="comment-1007000"> <div class="content "> <div class="info"> <a class="collapse" href="#">[-]</a> <span class="karma">1</span> points by <span><a title="View IrishRevolt's profile" class="user" href="/users/IrishRevolt/">IrishRevolt</a></span> (5) <span class="published">11 years ago</span> </div> <div class="words"> <p>Wages have been stagnant for 30 years, while all the jobs left too.</p> <p>Wait until interest rates go up a bit more, 3.5% seems to be the majority opinion that will take our bonds into garbage land. The rest of the world is already dumping them.</p> <p>US Treasuries... A A Return Free Risk!!</p> </div> <div class="links"> <a class="up " href="#">↥twinkle</a> <a class="down " href="#">↧stinkle</a> <a class="reply" href="#">reply</a> <a class="permalink" href="/forum/undermined-undervalued/#comment-1007000">permalink</a> </div> </div> <div class="replies"> </div> </div> </section> </div> <footer> <p>this site is brought to you by various radicals at the Occupy Solidarity Network<br> this website is free / open source software on <a href="https://github.com/jart/occupywallst">github</a></p> </footer> <div id="notifications" style="display:none"> <div class="info"> <span>Notifications</span> </div> <div class="items"> </div> </div> <div style="display:none" id="editform" class="editform"> <textarea rows="5" cols="70"></textarea><br> <button class="save">save</button> <button class="cancel">cancel</button> <img class="loader" src="/media/img/ajax-loader.gif" width="16" height="16"> <span class="error"></span> <a href="http://occupywallst.org/forum/moderating-policies-will-be-reposted-somewhere-pro/">Read the Rules</a> </div> <script src="/media/js/jquery-1.6.2.min.js"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/markdown.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/ows.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/userpage.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/article.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/index.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/lazy.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/conference.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/rides.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/attendees.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/markfield.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/chat.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/forum.js?v=43"></script> <script src="/media/js/occupywallst/csrf.js?v=43"></script>  <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-46982122-1', 'occupywallst.org'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <script> function api(path, data, callback) { if (path.match(/^\/api\/safe\//)) { return $.get(path, data, callback, "json"); } else { return $.post(path, data, callback, "json"); } } $(function() { ows_init({ notifications: [] }); forum_init({per_page: 25}); article_init($(document)); }); </script>

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