Menial Labor is Important and Not Menial! #WorkersoftheWorldUnite #15$PerHour

When I was young, growing up in the New England section  of America, we were taught to respect all work including so called menial or physical type labor, because it is necessary for the over all smooth running of any civilization and therefore should be respected as much as any other job on the economic ladder.

Unfortunately, there has been a erosion of respect for the working class in general in America and it seems so in Europe as well. There are a myriad of reasons, but a few of the biggest I can think of off the top of my head would be the mass media brainwashing with hyper class based materialism as its core driving mechanism.

'Growth by any means necessary' Capitalism is run by the the stinking, filthy rich (.01%) Billionaires who are treated like Rock Stars on the cover of magazines, regardless of the fact that they are the world's greediest human beings that sit on the Golden Eggs until they rot -  and us by proxy.

Rich, no talent celebrities like Paris Hilton in the early 2000s or reigning so called 'reality TV' queen Kim Kardashian  have set bad role model examples, leading seemingly glamorous, but more superficial, empty and decadent life styles.

Another possibility is Bourgeois conservative puppet politicians and some so called liberal (ignorant) celebrities demeaning comments and popular films and TV shows that cast a disrespectful shadow over the working class, which represents billions of human beings.

It could be a reactionary panic/defence mechanism of denial via the upper classes ignoring a huge negative reality - millions still out of work still with a 5.4 unemployment level (5/8/15), which is better than where it was at its lowest in a century in 2009 at around 10%, and double and triple that for people of color.  This ignoring of this elephant in the room of the now more false than true American dream myth is all propagated by the mass media upper class hegemony. The corporate execs salaries bottom lines $$$ depend on a big portfolio of stocks of booming corporations that more often than not  - do not have the best interest of the country or the planet's long term health. This is another blog/book deep subject I will avoid here.

Finally whatever the punk-ass reasons that folks in the upper middle (petty bourgeoisie) class and especially most of the mega rich .01% have for keeping this issue on the down low, they are obviously laughing at us all the way to the bank with their dirty, tax evasion fortunes stockpiled in The Caymen Islands and Switzerland etc.

The real deal is that if the firemen, garbage men, police, construction workers, machine shop tool operator, street cleaners, grocery people, restaurant, domestic, fast food etc etc - did not do there jobs and work there asses off, like everyone on every peg of the economic ladder in energy terms - then civilization would fall apart.

Have you ever experienced a hot city Summer where the garbage was not picked up for a couple weeks? Stinky, Disease breeding negative scenarios and all that goes with that in a city of millions at close quarters is a nightmare that could easily happen if the garbagemen did not do what they do everyday.

The working class deserve not only respect but a decent living wage, benefits and a pension for old age! Not 401K casino magical chairs retirement plans - thank you very much - but no thanks!
Real money in real savings accounts with the best possible interest plans!

Yes - respect the 'meaning-all' (vs menial) labor worker! A positive future for all Americans and the rest of the world depends on a solidarity between all workers - both White and Blue collar and no collar at all! We are all on the same boat working for a tiny handful of rich men and a few women like puppets/servants. Time for a sea change in our entire way of doing business in America.  It must be more equitable for all citizens. Redistribute the vast wealth made off the blood, sweat and tears of the workers labor!

We are either in this together or we will perish together. The choice is ours. What shall it be?

God bless the salt of the earth - the working peoples of the world!

WORKERS OF THE WORLD - UNITE!