That means this bill has to define socialism. Good luck with that one bucko, if you have 10 socialists in a room, you get 11 definitions /s
I’m genuinely curious how it gets defined. I’m wondering if it can be sidestepped with a simple word change
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I watched the play Suffs a couple weeks ago and while I love the whole thing, the song that’s really stuck with me is Find A Way
I checked. You’re not banned, you’re just on the most difficult setting
Use it as a point of collective action. Never forget: the boss is the best organizer.
Israel claims to have been monitoring Iranian CCTV for years. Where’s the footage of these massacres?
I hope you learn to find joy in the simple and little things.
I’m personally a sweetened condensed milk person, a single spoonful is the perfect amount of sugar and milk.
We reject our earthly fires
Gone are days of land empires
Lungs transform to take in water
Cloaked in scales we swim and swim home
Great question! When you’re just getting started, you want to be discreet. Don’t worry, there will be plenty of time for megaphones, picket lines, flyers, and confrontations. Start with your coworker friends, talk to them and get a feel for how committed they would be to helping you form your union. You are the first member of your organizing committee (oc), and recruiting friends allows you to practice your 1:1 union conversation skills. From there, identify and recruit influential people in your workplace; the people that know everyone, the people that are highly respected, etc. Your goal for the oc should be 10% of the workplace, and ideally over represents minorities (more than half of my oc were lgbt+, including myself).
To find a union for your workplace, think about your industry and then simply add “union” to the search. If you’re in tech, for example, the search “tech union” will give results for IATSE and CWA. Look into the values of the unions, and feel free to reach out. If you don’t like the vibes from any of the unions you find, then you can form an independent union.
Great question! SEIU is what you’re looking for, specifically the Doctors Council. You’re likely already familiar with SEIU, the nurses at your facility are probably already unionized with them.
As for the legal stuff, you don’t need a law degree to become an expert in labor laws (just don’t go giving legal counsel). The NLRB website and your state Department of Labor are your friends.
Ah yes, I’m familiar with right to work laws. Fun fact, the opposite term is a “fair share” state.
These laws aren’t what a lot of people think they are, it basically means that non-union workers are allowed to not pay for union representation (contract bargaining, Weingarten, etc). Fair share requires all workers to pay at least dues equivalency fees for this representation.
Things don’t change much tbh, the goal is to get all the workers to join your union anyway. Downplay this aspect, but don’t lie. Often times, people will be convinced by the fact that dues don’t start until your union ratifies your first contract. Mention that dues are tiny, usually only 1.5% of your paycheck. Talk about how the raise will more than offset the cost of dues. If they’re still pressing dues, then talk about how non-union workers have this option.
Lol, unfortunately not. All nodes are still freely accessible
So cute! What’s Mama’s name?
My dad’s a tractor mechanic and farmer, so he fixes his own machines. I’ve learned to love hearing about tractor problems, so tell me everything!
Check your local laws, several states require listings to include a pay range. If you’re in one of those states and the offer is below the range, that company is likely violating the law and should get reported to your state’s department of labor. Lying about hours probably doesn’t break the law, but you can still report them.
As for what to do, a couple ideas come to mind.
The way I got started is a great story! Figuring out the company is left as an exercise for the reader.
In July 2021, my company was sued by California for rampant sexual harassment. This lawsuit triggered a huge worker revolt, over 1000 employees staged a walkout. I had never participated in a collective action before, but I wasn’t about to sit on my hands with the allegations, so I participated. I didn’t know what I could do to contribute, but I decided that I could help draft statements and joined that committee. We clearly laid out our demands to the company, and waited for their response. Weeks went by. Then months.
In September, I decided that we should stage another walkout, so I started drafting a statement for the writing committee to edit and started to build energy in the group. We didn’t get very far before someone influential in the group said that something good is going to come from the company soon, so we should pause the planning. A couple weeks later, we did get some good news! The company gave us some platitudes, and, as a gesture of good faith, the entire company will get the whole week of thanksgiving off as paid time. Then the other shoe dropped.
A bombshell article was published, not only showing that the CEO knew about the sexual harassment, but was complicit and protected harassers. We were furious. Unlike the first walkout that underwent planning, we staged a spontaneous walkout, again with over 1000 participants. We demanded that the CEO be fired. The board of directors responded with a statement that not only didn’t fire him, but reaffirmed total support for him.
We honestly didn’t know what to do. We were discussing our next steps, when one night I decided to say that we should form a union. Of course, when I proposed this, I was expecting someone else to actually do the work. “What could I possibly do?”, I thought, “I’m not a brave person. I’m shy and introverted. I’m not a leader, but I’ll support others”, I concluded. As it turned out, my advocacy got the attention of some of the people doing exactly that.
I was messaged the next day, by a coworker in California that liked what I had to say and invited me to a group that was explicitly trying to form a union. I was the first and only worker from Minnesota to join this group. Not a lot was happening from my perspective, but I was ready.
In December of 2021, some coworkers in Wisconsin seemed to report some good news. They got a raise! Then more coworkers from there reported in saying that they were laid off. Again, we were furious. The workers at that location staged their own walkout. Another day passed, and they still weren’t working. I joined them at this point, along with several other workers. Another day passed, and we still weren’t working. The workers leading this walkout decided to create a gofundme to establish a strike fund, and officially declare it a strike. While the strike went on, I continually volunteered for more stuff to support them. One day, a CWA organizer reached out to me. We talked for a couple hours, and it ended with an action item: get a list of the workers in Minnesota. I reached out to a coworker friend that wasn’t on strike for help, and he produced the list within an hour. It was official, I was a union organizer.
There’s so much to say, that I genuinely don’t know where to start.
Yea this is absolutely red scare bs, but I’m morbidly curious about this thought crime