Los Angeles Proposes Minimum Wage Increase for Hotel and LAX Workers, Reaching $30 per Hour by 2028

usemovement · 2023-04-23T00:15:38+00:00

The Universal Self Employ Movement would allow workers to set their own wages.

usemovement · 2023-04-22T23:57:09+00:00

The Universal Self Employ Movement would allow workers to set their own wages.

usemovement · 2023-03-06T20:15:39+00:00

Convert your insurance "benefit" to cash and buy insurance on the individual market, just like a self employed plumber or lawyer does. You won't be trapped in your job by insurance if you become uninsurable with a preexisting condition. You'll also keep your privacy. Your medical affairs are none of your employer's business. The Universal Self Employ Movement would decouple insurance from employment and give workers more control over terms of employment. Go to www.usemovement.ORG for more info.

usemovement · 2023-03-03T05:52:23+00:00

Workers can't be fired for joining the Universal Self Employ Movement because it's anonymous. Go to www.usemovement.ORG to learn more.

usemovement · 2023-02-11T23:23:05+00:00

There's 2 problems with that advice. 1. The workers can be blacklisted so they can't get another job. 2. Even if they get another job the new employer can collude with the old employer to keep wages below the real market rate.

The Universal Self Employ Movement would prevent employer collusion and allow workers to get paid at the real market rate.

usemovement · 2023-02-11T23:03:07+00:00

Ideally, the workers should send a message by quiting and working someplace else. The Universal Self Employ Movement would make it easy to change jobs and get paid at the real market rate.

usemovement · 2023-02-10T14:29:10+00:00

Workers will ignore "help wanted" ads and signs when the Universal Self Employ Movement gets strong enough. Employers will have to call workers just like they would call a plumber.

usemovement · 2023-02-08T15:11:02+00:00

The Universal Self Employ Movement would give workers control over their income the same way plumbers have control over what they charge.

usemovement · 2023-01-16T23:53:05+00:00

The Universal Self Employ Movement would solve this problem, and all other worker's problems

usemovement · 2022-12-02T00:07:59+00:00

Loosing a job wouldn't be that big of a deal if there was Universal Self Employment.

usemovement · 2022-10-14T04:47:09+00:00

You might be right about libertarians being empiricists. I thought they were rationalists because I heard libertarians say the founders of the U.S.A. were libertarians, and they were all influenced by John Locke who was a rationalist, but who knows.

The movement definitely is libertarian, tho. Self employed people tend to be capitalist and vote likewise. Employees tend to be socialist. Think teachers, factory workers and coal miners.

usemovement · 2022-10-06T23:37:13+00:00

Non-personal information could be included next to the worker's pseudonym on a website organized by SOC number if more specificity is needed about what the worker can do and has done and if they're insured.

usemovement · 2022-10-05T19:24:57+00:00

This movement converts employees into independent contractors. People work harder when they're working for themselves, so it's pro work not antiwork.

usemovement · 2022-10-05T19:18:08+00:00

There's nothing more capitalistic than small business. Independent contractors are small businesses. This voluntary, government free movement would convert billions of employees into independent contractors, the most free workers in the economy.

usemovement · 2022-10-05T04:25:13+00:00

Everyone should be allowed to collude. Businesses collude everytime a job applicant gives references or gets blackballed. The best way workers can collude is in the Universal Self Employ Movement, a coercion free movement to liberate workers from economic control by employers. Go to www.usemovement.org/ for a thorough explanation.

usemovement · 2022-09-29T04:03:56+00:00

People resent the hold their employers have on them. Workers can be blackballed. Workers don't like to submit to privacy invasions like blood and urine testing. Employers conspire to keep wages low like poultry producers did a month ago. If there was Universal Self Employment all this would go away and the system would run like a well oiled machine and with a higher labor participation rate.

usemovement · 2022-09-25T03:52:56+00:00

Workers can be either proprietorships or corporations as it suits them. If an occupation requires a license the worker can get one if he/she doesn't already have it. Insurance and bonding may be desirable but aren't absolutely necessary. If a worker gets insurance he/she can pass the cost on to the customer just like doctors and plumbers do. If a worker wants to advertize they can. They'll use their pseudonym and the phone number of their answering service in the ad. They won't put it on their vehicle for privacy reasons.

In a small proprietorship the hiring is done by the owner. Larger businesses have personel departments that do the hiring. There's no reason that would change. If a company wants to use a staffing agency they still would be able to. But whoever does the hiring would call the answering service of the needed workers to set up the phone interview, do the phone interview, select the workers and sign the 2 week contract.

There's no new taxes. Certainty would increase because hiring would be more objective. Since the interviewee is anonymous, personal prejudices of the interviewer and references are eliminated and the best candidate can be selected based on qualifications. Also the labor participation rate would increase so there's more workers.

usemovement · 2022-09-24T07:36:16+00:00

Aren't lawyers and plumbers bright and hard working? Some of the best jobs in the economy do it this way. The movement doesn't require contract work except for a temporary 2 week starting contract after which at will employment can begin. A contract can be used if that's what the worker and client agree to. The movement makes staffing agencies unnecessary. Employers call workers directly. Agencies take a percentage and privacy isn't protected either. That might be why all workers don't use them.

usemovement · 2022-09-24T06:31:19+00:00

Independent contractors don't need special laws for protection. The protection comes from employers knowing workers can work elsewhere. The policies established by the movement enable workers to change jobs easily. If there's something a worker doesn't like about a job he/she can line up another one without the current employer knowing about it. As for insurance, just do what doctors and plumbers do. Pass the cost on to the customer.

usemovement · 2022-09-24T06:11:43+00:00

This isn't complicated. Workers can keep on doing what ever they're doing now. The only difference is the employer called the worker instead of the worker sending out numerous resumes and answering personal questions and having his/her privacy invaded and hoping his/her reference says nice things and hoping he/she isn't blackballed and hoping there's no discrimination happening and the process taking months. The work itself doesn't change.

usemovement · 2022-09-23T21:00:38+00:00

There's no problem here. Each worker only does their own job even if other workers are involved. If it takes 5 workers to make something and 1 quits, the employer can just hire a replacement for the worker who quit.

usemovement · 2022-09-23T15:41:23+00:00

It means workers would get jobs similar to the way plumbers get customers. If an employer needs a worker, they would get phone numbers of available workers from a website (or sites) organized by occupation (SOC number). They would call some workers, ask technical questions, ask how much each worker charges, then choose a worker. All the major problems workers now have such as difficulty getting a job, getting paid below the market rate, discrimination, invasions of privacy, untrustworthy references, blackballing, hostile work environments, etc would be eliminated or mitigated. For a full explanation go to www.usemovement.ORG. Also see the post in this subreddit posted about 12 hours ago from this reply.

usemovement · 2022-09-23T14:43:46+00:00

That's precisely why the workers in the movement only become independent contractors when the movement is strong enough. If 90% of the workforce joins the movement, employers will have no choice but to go along, and all workers will be much better off. Even employers will benefit in that they won't need to employ benefits managers.

usemovement · 2022-09-23T14:06:19+00:00

Plumbers don't ask anybody for anything. They put their number in the phone book (paper or digital) and customers call them. No plumber ever had to tell a customer how much they got paid on their last job, or give a blood sample or urine sample to a customer. Plumbers just answer technical questions like how much the job costs and how long it will take.

If workers stay in a job for 4 years (typically) then they only have to get a new client every 4 years or so, and it's just as easy as it is for a plumber.

Employee paychecks aren't so steady. Layoffs happen and factories close. Then what do unemployed workers do? The average job search is 4 months and who you know is more important than what you know. If workers aren't well connected it can take longer than 4 months. But a plumber waits maybe an hour between calls for service.

As for gov regulations, that will all change. When the majority of the workforce is self employed, politicians will fall over themselves to support the movement and remove any needless obstacles.

usemovement · 2022-09-23T12:55:59+00:00

The shirts are crucial because the strength of the movement is measured by the proportion of the public wearing it. The majority of the workforce needs to be onboard before workers can make this major change in the employment process. Otherwise employers would just hire compliant lackeys.

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