Jacob R, Bridgeport, CT
At my workplace there is a very strong feeling of frustration throughout the shop. It has reached a point where, every other day, a different coworker approaches me with the same complaint. The workload is excessive, stemming from a management team that doesn’t know how to manage. Even with everyone working 10+ hour days, Monday through Saturday, we are pushed to work harder and faster.
I have had people break down in tears describing their struggles. They cannot balance the little time they have left after work with affording the simplest of needs: housing, healthcare, and food.
When I point to the system that allows for inequality it resonates with them. Many of them send remittances to family in different countries but the rising cost of living has made that near impossible. Not only is it the immediate struggles my coworkers face, but the thought of tax dollars going towards things that hurt others abroad.