Thursday, 25 September 2014

A fairer world is possible

I guess my key point is why is it an acceptable norm that people doing full or part time socially worthwhile jobs be paid poverty level wages and ridiculously harsh work contracts?  Why is this tolerated or acceptable? Imagine a better world.  It is possible.

I'm searching to find the perfect info graphic to sum up what I'm trying to say about this.

https://www.facebook.com/moveon/photos/a.61232960492.81458.7292655492/10152241313645493/?type=1&theater

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj2LA8rEqQ4

http://youtu.be/uWSxzjyMNpU

I'm pretty sure your supposed to travel between them.  
Why isn't this a telecommute job?   management nearly always likes to power trip.

This puts it quite well the collapse of the American dream
http://youtu.be/mII9NZ8MMVM

 Choose any organisation and take a look at the salary distribution between frontline workers and management.

All this wouldn't matter if people could live well of the bottom end of the income graph.

https://dummidumbwit.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/1378719_10202018933295654_2040393399_n12.jpg?w=640&h=480

http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/resources/multimedia/infographic-income-inequality-uk

Imagine a great big cheese cake that's our GDP.   Now cut it into sections and give a small piece for a pack of rats on the floor to fight over that's us fighting over the small piece  comparing crumbs. That's us that's the 99 percent.

Redacted tonight lee camp put it pretty eloquently here ;)
http://youtu.be/5oMNzfmwON8

It may be difficult whilst people are stuck In the matrix of frontline poverty to see some home truths about economics in the UK.   Here's some red pills for people.  Warning these pills are bitter.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj2LA8rEqQ4

http://youtu.be/aOJ93tAbPP0

http://youtu.be/CQSj6Rx_MEo

If you compare wages with cost of living In particular house prices...
http://socialistworker.co.uk/imageFiles/Image/2007/2051/graph.jpg

Owen jones says it here Skip to about 4.10
http://youtu.be/CORxS9FnE78

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_mPr6MUZxhw

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RJbiBWMR5Ko

http://uproxx.com/tv/2014/07/john-olivers-segment-on-income-inequality-in-america-is-must-watch-television/

George carlin the american dream
http://youtu.be/acLW1vFO-2Q

http://www.inequalitybriefing.org

http://nofrakkingconsensus.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/www-telofski-com-blog-2011-12-14-greenpeace-rewards-executives.pdf

Wart Hog Admittedly this is from 2009, but puts it into perspective:
High earners: Charity bosses
*Riverside Housing Group: Deborah Shackleton, chief executive, received a salary of £231,000 for 2008-9.
* Barnardo's: Its chief executive, Martin Narey, earns a salary of £166,532.
*National Trust: Fiona Reynolds, the director general, is paid between £160,000 and £169,000.
*British Heart Foundation: Peter Hollins, chief executive, enjoys a salary of £153,000
*Action for Children: Its boss Clare Tickell was paid between £130,000 and 140,000 last year.
*Guide Dogs for the Blind: Bridget Warr, chief executive, earns between £120,000 and £130,000.
*Age Concern: Its director general Gordon Lishman earned £117,488 in 2007-8.
*RSPCA: Mark Watts, chief executive, received £105,500 in pay and perks in the year to April 2009.
*The RSPB: Chief executive Graham Wynne's pay and benefits were up to £100,000 for 2007-8.
*Victim Support: Gillian Guy, the group's chief executive, earns a salary of £100,000.
*World Vision: Justin Byworth, the chief executive, received £99,994 in pay and perks in 2008.
*Greenpeace: The current salary of the organisation's chief executive, John Sauven, is £65,000.


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