Die Neue Zeit
17th January 2012, 02:54
http://www.revleft.com/vb/swedish-left-party-t166809/index.html
Some parties have even gone so far as to strengthen it, by simply capping all members' incomes at a level approximately equal to working class, including MPs, with the rest of funds going to the Party. Then everyone is equal and also has to live on something similar to the means as the working class. I don't want to bring up the name of the Party I know does this... but if you know my general sympathies, you can guess.
Although, now that I think of it, the CPUSA pays its Party staff all the same amount -- $25,000/yr -- regardless of their role. However, I believe they can also have income and gifts from other sources, so... it's not really the same thing, though still a nice principle.
http://www.revleft.com/vb/practical-issues-and-t150582/index.html?t=150582
The main demand related to this is the one tying occupants’ standards of living being at or slightly lower than the median equivalent for professional and other skilled workers. There simply cannot be a worker-class movement where the grunts are paid poverty salaries (or at least not paid living-wage salaries) while the charismatic figures and the mainly academic gurus enjoy the same privileges as the middle and perhaps even higher-level tred-iunionisty – well beyond per diems, gas allowances and certain other kinds of trip expense allowances. One aspect of revolutionary careerism that is less related to employee compensation is the problem of scheduling. The work cultures of student politicians and tenured professors, limited to weekdays, are incompatible with working-class interaction, and there is a dire need to hold both political and cultural meetings with workers on both weekends and holidays. To offset any perceived overtime in weekend and holiday meetings, the normal workweek for all the revolutionary careerists could be reduced without loss of pay or benefits.
The news article way up above deals only with MPs or other legislative representatives. However, a broader question is raised beyond what even Daring Mehring said about "surplus" member incomes going to a party, and, off the top of my head, union dues being deducted by employers:
What about the possibility of pro-worker organizations having all-volunteer-staffed wage distribution "societies"? Before "surplus" incomes go to a unified organization, the all-volunteer-staffed "society" receives all the incomes first from all its individuals' employers, then distributes to "society" individuals accordingly.
Some parties have even gone so far as to strengthen it, by simply capping all members' incomes at a level approximately equal to working class, including MPs, with the rest of funds going to the Party. Then everyone is equal and also has to live on something similar to the means as the working class. I don't want to bring up the name of the Party I know does this... but if you know my general sympathies, you can guess.
Although, now that I think of it, the CPUSA pays its Party staff all the same amount -- $25,000/yr -- regardless of their role. However, I believe they can also have income and gifts from other sources, so... it's not really the same thing, though still a nice principle.
http://www.revleft.com/vb/practical-issues-and-t150582/index.html?t=150582
The main demand related to this is the one tying occupants’ standards of living being at or slightly lower than the median equivalent for professional and other skilled workers. There simply cannot be a worker-class movement where the grunts are paid poverty salaries (or at least not paid living-wage salaries) while the charismatic figures and the mainly academic gurus enjoy the same privileges as the middle and perhaps even higher-level tred-iunionisty – well beyond per diems, gas allowances and certain other kinds of trip expense allowances. One aspect of revolutionary careerism that is less related to employee compensation is the problem of scheduling. The work cultures of student politicians and tenured professors, limited to weekdays, are incompatible with working-class interaction, and there is a dire need to hold both political and cultural meetings with workers on both weekends and holidays. To offset any perceived overtime in weekend and holiday meetings, the normal workweek for all the revolutionary careerists could be reduced without loss of pay or benefits.
The news article way up above deals only with MPs or other legislative representatives. However, a broader question is raised beyond what even Daring Mehring said about "surplus" member incomes going to a party, and, off the top of my head, union dues being deducted by employers:
What about the possibility of pro-worker organizations having all-volunteer-staffed wage distribution "societies"? Before "surplus" incomes go to a unified organization, the all-volunteer-staffed "society" receives all the incomes first from all its individuals' employers, then distributes to "society" individuals accordingly.