I have been reading and thinking about unions lately.I am just plain surprised that there are not talked about more and pined for more. What they can do for workers are priceless.
I will definitely talk more about unions in future posts. And I will be reading, thinking about, and writing about unions a whole lot. And why not? They are extremely important, though, society seems to portray a different view.
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I am surprised at how much the news contains certain elements almost every day. One element is how much power the wealthy have over society. I read today an article in The New York Times about how the Nat. Restaurant Association, in certain large states, mandates that restaurant workers take an intro class on food safety. The worker usually pays for the training themselves.
The ironic thing is the money for the trainings goes toward the Nat. Rest. Association's lobbying budget. And one of the things the association lobbies for is to keep the federal minimum wage what it is.So the workers are paying money, in part, to fight for things against their best interests.
Indeed, another example of the wealthy/powerful rigging the system.
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An excellent book I'd like to recommend is The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want, by Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD.
The book is a clearly written, yet science-backed book on how to obtain more happiness in your life. The book, to me, is one of the few self-help books that is actually backed by tons of scientific studies.
It could, all hype aside, change a person's life in a major way.
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