r/workingclass is a subreddit with 2k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses working class, strike, workers, labor, and job.
A space to discuss the working class and our collective struggle.
News, discussion and working class history welcome.
Popular Themes in r/workingclass
#1
Pain & Anger
: "The workers who make Reese's Peanut Butter Cups describe going to work as a stay in "Hershey's prison" - forced to work 70+ days straight, receive constant forced overtime, and punished for time off, now they’re unionizing to take back their power."
18 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Can someone explain what this means (I’m self employed)"
4 posts
#3
News
: "The NDAA has gotten a green light for another $100 billion increase. Meanwhile members on the committees meant to engage in military budget oversight are openly trading in the stocks of companies whose contracts they will approve. Open and brazen corruption as the US continues to circle the drain."
3 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Help!"
1 post
#5
Money Talk
: "Over the last year the price of gasoline has risen exponentially. From Jan 1 to Feb 24 the price went up 24%. In the week following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the price went up 17%. Meanwhile fossil fuel companies have raked in record prices. Nationalize energy production now."
1 post
#6
Opportunities
: "Meeting to Fight the No-Strike Clause at Starbucks - Class Struggle Action Network"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/workingclass
#1
Working Class
: "The Working Class is full of smart people"
43 posts
#2
Strike
: "On Thursday members of the Australian Communist Party marched in solidarity with the staunch members and supporters of the NSWNMA as they took their second Strike action in response to the NSW State Government’s refusal to increase staff pay and ratios."
26 posts
#3
Workers
: "Yesterday, members and supporters of the Australian Communist Party marched in Wollongong, on the eve of May 1st, to celebrate International Workers’ Day. Workers of the world unite, for peace and socialism!"
11 posts
#4
Labor
: "Economic Update: Surging US Labor Activism"
10 posts
#5
Job
: "How To Not Let A Shitty Part Time Job Consume Your Mindset/Life?"
9 posts
#6
Union
: "As rent continues to soar, and working people realize more and more the futility of electoralism, folks are fighting back with Unionization both in the work place and at home. This sort of organization is what builds real working class power!"
8 posts
#7
Capitalism
: "As people in the US live through some of the worst excesses of Capitalism, congress people across the aisle argue over the "horrors of socialism." Political theater while millions live on the street or struggle to pay their bills. Absolutely disgusting levels of ignorance and negligence!"
7 posts
#8
Inequality
: "Why is there always money for war but never for people’s needs?"
6 posts
#9
Communism
: "Thirty-three years after the collapse of Stalinism, Communism is the only horizon for humanity!"
6 posts
#10
Class
: "How hard and physically exhausting and unsafe is factory work even in the modern democratic West?"
6 posts
Flair Used in r/workingclass
#1
News
: "J&J Feigns Bankruptcy To Dodge Lawsuits Over Asbestos In Baby Powder"
35 posts
#2
Misc/Other
: "G'morning working class heroes."
18 posts
#3
Memes/Humour
: "It’s a hard knock life"
12 posts
#4
Working Class History
: "Why is there always money for war but never for people’s needs?"
9 posts
#5
Labour Strike
: "Truck Drivers across the World stand together to support strike of european colleagues | VICTORY"
7 posts
#6
Non-labour Protest
: "Working from home is hard…"
4 posts
Member Growth in r/workingclass
Yearly
+107 members(6.4%)
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Last updated: July 26, 2026