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Chosen_one184 t1_j0u5fc1 wrote

Reply to comment by Designer-Election-94 in Thousands of NYC nurses begin vote to authorize strike: 'We were the heroes' by thonioand

Transit workers know your pain. Called us heroes too then once things started easing up we became the reason for everything wrong in the city

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Jaded_Muffin4204 t1_j0u8qnm wrote

Have you read the book Bullshit Jobs? It is about how the care economy (jobs that take care of people's needs like transit and nursing) is largely undervalued while meaningless bullshit jobs are paid well and people doing them know it is meaningless bullshit.

I'd support a transit strike as I support a nursing strike. I'm a musician, and my work in the arts is deemed both unessential and lacking in value, even though literally every human being turns to music in moments of joy, sadness, and more.

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numba1cyberwarrior t1_j0ud5ar wrote

Bullshit jobs is not based on any study or evidence at all. Its highly criticized and has a lot of flaws in its reasoning. It seems to be more like jobs that the author doesn't like.

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Jennas-Side t1_j0un0f4 wrote

Read "Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving" instead.

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Unfair t1_j0up7i6 wrote

lol I don't think they ever called us heros but yeah

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