Enter the code "labor" and your choice of colors in the "Notes to Seller" section to claim your free earrings.
Total is exclusive of shipping. For example, if you buy two necklaces at $25 each, totaling $60 after shipping, you get three pairs of earrings for the $15, $30 and $45 marks of actual merchandise.
Available here.
And on a more serious note ...
You may recall that I am both an undergraduate student and, recently, an employee of the University of California in Riverside. The reason I chose "labor" for this week's offer code is because of the current situation at the University:
The UC president has decreed raises to many of the upper-level faculty, and also created new administrative positions at the upper echelons of the pay scale. He has given 8-12% raises to his entire staff in the past year. At the same time, numerous positions have been cut. Year-appointment staff have been given quarterly positions with laughable health benefits, which they found out literally three months after the university was contractually obliged to give contracts. Some of the year-long contracts that were given were later rescinded. The staff is being required to work without pay on "furlough days." They can be fired if they don't show up and give 100% for nothing.
The president of the UC makes $828,000 a year. My partner, who is a lecturer, makes something like $35,000 ... in a good year.
It is always, always those who determine how the pie is cut that get the biggest pieces. This is how, even in our much-quoted "free country," we remain oppressed. We are made to fear the loss of our jobs, so we cling harder to those we have, so the conditions can be made even worse, so we have less recourse if we lose them, so we need them even more, so it can all get even worse ... and the cycle doesn't end until someone does something about it.
I'm done soapboxing. But think about it.
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