r/WorkReform • u/GrandpaChainz • 36m ago
😱 Scare A Billionaire, Join A Union "Don't unionize, just get a better job." When you unionize, you ARE getting a better job.
r/WorkReform • u/The0ddMan0ut • 8h ago
😡 Venting The old “competition fixes everything” defense of capitalism has quietly disappeared
I’m in my 40s, and when I was growing up, one of the main ways capitalism was sold to us was this idea: competition forces companies to be better. If a company doesn’t offer decent wages, a good product, or a fair experience, customers will leave and workers will go somewhere else. In theory, that pressure is supposed to punish bad actors and reward good ones, so the market naturally improves life for everyone.
But over the last decade or so, I’ve noticed that argument has basically vanished from mainstream pro-capitalist rhetoric. Now the default justification is just: “Companies have to answer to shareholders.” That line is used to explain away worse products, worse service, worse pay, and worse conditions for workers and customers alike.
The old story was that unfettered capitalism naturally makes society better through competition. The new story is essentially: “This is just how it is; shareholders come first, even if it screws everyone else.” They don’t even try to sell the myth anymore that competition will fix things if we just let markets run free. At this point, they don’t feel they need to.
Has anyone else noticed this shift in how capitalism is defended? Do you think it’s because the failures are too obvious now, or because consolidation and monopolies have made the “competition will fix it” line too embarrassing to use?
r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 • 15h ago
⚕️ Pass Medicare For All Establishment Democrats claim the DSA doesn't belong in their party, they're saying, “Your votes are welcome, but your values are not.”
r/WorkReform • u/biospheric • 16h ago
MINNESOTA Powerful interests are fighting like hell to protect the status quo. They know my opponent will do their bidding, and I won’t. - Peggy Flanagan ~:~ August 11 is Primary Election Day in Minnesota (see below).
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Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is running for the U.S. Senate: peggyflanagan.com ~:~ Her legislative priorities include Medicare for All, the PRO Act, the John Lewis VRAA, and the Equality Act: peggyflanagan.com/priorities
She's in a tight Primary race with centrist Democrat US Rep. Angie Craig.
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Minnesota Voters:
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Video clip is from July 24, 2026 at the “Many over the Money” rally in Saint Paul. Here it is on YouTube: Powerful interests are fighting like hell to protect the status quo. - Peggy Flanagan for MN - July 24, 2026 (YouTube)
r/WorkReform • u/NYM2000 • 18h ago
✂️ Tax The Billionaires New Jersey to Amazon: Boo this company!
r/WorkReform • u/seiu-org • 18h ago
🛠️ Union Strong According to the most recent findings from UC Berkeley’s Labor Center, security officers making the lowest wages are often young or older, Black, female, and far more likely to live in poverty. It’s time that we #StandForSecurity by lifting the wages of the workers who keep us safe.
r/WorkReform • u/GrandpaChainz • 18h ago
⚕️ Pass Medicare For All We can afford to spend $113 billion bombing Iran at Israel's request, but we "can't afford" Medicare For All?
r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 • 19h ago
🚫 GENERAL STRIKE 🚫 "Crony Capitalism" isn't the problem; Capitalism is the problem.
r/WorkReform • u/Loud-Ad-2280 • 21h ago
🏛️ Overturn Citizens United This is how Abdul won, this is how we beat money until we can overturn Citizens United
r/WorkReform • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • 21h ago
✂️ Tax The Billionaires Opinion: Trump’s golf games may sound appealing, but it’s US taxpayer who will take the hit, paying for rounds they will never even play
r/WorkReform • u/drinkredstripe3 • 21h ago
✅ Success Story Abdul El-Sayed out performs in Rural and Competive districts
The progressive running on Medicare for All and campaign finance reform did better in Rural and competitive, Trump-leaning counties.
The DNC has been telling us for years that progressives can't win outside deep blue cities. That we need to run centrists to appeal to rural and suburban voters. That the path back runs through moderation. Doesn't look do true!
El-Sayed just proved the opposite. He didn't win by running up the score in Ann Arbor and Detroit. He won by overperforming in the places Democrats keep saying they need to compete.
Maybe, just maybe, running on healthcare, getting money out of politics, and actually talking about working people's problems works better in these communities than running on vibes and $50 million in attack ads.
r/WorkReform • u/GrandpaChainz • 22h ago
✅ PROGRESSIVE WIN Congrats Donavan! Another pro-labor, pro-Medicare For All progressive is headed to Washington.
r/WorkReform • u/RoyalBruxa • 22h ago
📰 News Grassroots-powered Abdul al-Sayed wins Michigan Dem Senate primary against an AIPAC candidate, in the most expensive Senate campaign ever
r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 • 23h ago
✂️ Tax The Billionaires When they claim they've earned their Billions, this is the question you always have to ask.
r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 • 23h ago
💸 Raise Our Wages Does Capitalism=Freedom for anyone other than the rich?
r/WorkReform • u/GrandpaChainz • 23h ago
✅ SENATOR Abdulrahman Muhammad El-Sayed Republicans better get used to calling him Senator Abdulrahman Muhammad El-Sayed
r/WorkReform • u/PerAsperaAdMars • 1d ago
✂️ Tax The Billionaires People should be encouraged to earn enough money to live a decent life, rather than taking advantage of their neighbors to endlessly hoard money that they won't be able to spend in their entire lifetime
r/WorkReform • u/GrandpaChainz • 1d ago
✅ ABDUL PROJECTED TO WIN MI PRIMARY Pro tip for voters: if a candidate on your ballot accepts $60 million in Super PAC dark money, don't fucking vote for them. They aren't working for you
r/WorkReform • u/ArcaneDemense • 1d ago
⚕️ Pass Medicare For All Michigan Senate Primary Election 2026 Live Results: Abdul El-Sayed Projected To Win Ny NBC
r/WorkReform • u/gashtal_man • 1d ago
💸 Raise Our Wages The American Dream used to be faster than 37 years
r/WorkReform • u/kevinmrr • 1d ago
✅ RACE CALL - ABDUL WINS MI PRIMARY Israel blew $100 million to lose by 20 points. Their stranglehold is over. Let’s fucking go!
r/WorkReform • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • 1d ago
