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The signs of systemic failure are everywhere, and workers are bearing the brunt of it:

🔹 Wages Are Stagnant, but Costs Keep Rising

• Rent, healthcare, and food costs are skyrocketing, yet wages barely move.
• Many people are working longer hours just to afford the basics.
• Meanwhile, CEOs are raking in record profits while workers struggle.

🔹 Job Security Is a Joke

• Gig work, temp jobs, and “contract” positions leave workers with no stability.
• Companies fire employees while buying back stocks and giving bonuses to executives.
• Unions are demonized, even though collective bargaining is one of the few protections workers have.

🔹 The System Relies on Keeping Us Desperate

• Employers know people need jobs to survive, which is why they can get away with exploitation.
• Work should provide a decent life, not just keep people one step away from poverty.
• The people in power want workers exhausted and compliant because desperate people can’t fight back.

So what do we do? The first step is recognizing that this system isn’t broken—it’s designed this way. Change doesn’t come from waiting for the system to fix itself. It comes from workers demanding better.

How do you think we can start shifting the balance of power away from those who profit off our labor?