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yeah that article only mentions in passing that part of the union busting message was a threat from management that unionizing "could result in a reduction of benefits" which I read as "if you vote yes we're going to take away your healthcare and lay people off"
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every company says poo poo like that it would require the union agreeing to that in a contract it would never happen in an absolute worst case, Amazon could demand to the end through any job actions, etc. that they would no longer provide anything beyond the minimum health insurance required by law, and the u ion would never agree to it and there would never be a contract, but status quo rules would prevent them from actually changing anything
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even with a union in place, Amazon still has to hire and retain workers, and that healthcare is a big way they do it the public relations fallout would be massive as well they would never get of it. it’s posturing and pure power politics
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workers lost the Amazon warehouse but won this one: https://www.newscentermaine.com/mob...f3-059e7640257a
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kingcobweb posted:workers lost the Amazon warehouse but won this one: https://www.newscentermaine.com/mob...f3-059e7640257a good! the nurses near where i live are on a long loving strike, more than two months now. i fundraised heavily for their strike fund when it started but then work got crazy and i frankly forgot and assumed the strike ended. they're back negotiating again but it doesn't sound like the hospital administrators are close to pulling their heads out of their asses
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https://twitter.com/thetrillbillies/status/1395465291249901570 I didn't realize there was a union thread. The trillbillies put out an episode which is a casual chat of the power of unions between a bunch of union friends one of the hosts has.
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theres a pretty severe backlash brewing in danish unions and local govts against the "americanized" gig economy atm we'll see if theres any follow-thru from the govt, but im a stupid optimist
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What is a good way for introverts to help with organizing? My workplace has a union, and I would like to help out beyond paying my dues, but I'm terrible at proactively approaching people and "selling" anything. I know this isn't where my strengths lie, and I feel that any attempts I make could backfire. Are there other ways I could contribute?
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Konstantin posted:What is a good way for introverts to help with organizing? My workplace has a union, and I would like to help out beyond paying my dues, but I'm terrible at proactively approaching people and "selling" anything. I know this isn't where my strengths lie, and I feel that any attempts I make could backfire. Are there other ways I could contribute? If your workplace is already unionized, you don't need to be an organizer to be helpful. Ask your union leadership about being a steward. When I was in CWA, it was really helpful to have someone sit in meetings between a worker who might be in trouble and management, almost like their lawyer. In the meantime, it's very helpful to actually read the contract, chances are neither your coworkers nor your bosses has actually done that. It's pretty common to catch stuff either that your bosses are doing against the contract, or just a privilege you didn't know you had.
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There's a lot of ways to help besides organizing or getting people on board with the union. There's a lot of documentation/paperwork that goes along with the day to day poo poo an established union does. Even just tagging along to meetings between stewards and management to take notes can be helpful. And it's always nice to have extra members in a meeting to balance out all the dupes the boss brings along.
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kingcobweb posted:In the meantime, it's very helpful to actually read the contract, chances are neither your coworkers nor your bosses has actually done that. It's pretty common to catch stuff either that your bosses are doing against the contract, or just a privilege you didn't know you had. As a union official, holy poo poo this. I wish my loving bargaining unit would pick up their contracts and loving read them. So much time and effort wasted getting worked up and arguing over things that are absolutely covered by the contract. Just knowing the contract and saving your rep/steward the time of explaining something for the nth time is helping out more than you’ll ever know.
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as someone who tried to unionize a campaign this is a huge HOLY poo poo for me: https://mobile.twitter.com/mayoralesunion/status/1398037672019496966
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kingcobweb posted:as someone who tried to unionize a campaign this is a huge HOLY poo poo for me: its super gross, hope the staffers all the best with the strike they started. especially frustrated as a voter bc morales was the only person at least talking in vaguely leftist terms, not there's basically no one to even care about which sucks, but hey, same as it ever was. at least counterbalancing that is that my workplace union vote finally has a date set after many months of delays, both pandemic and management related. probably the first ballot in my life i look forward to actually filling in lol
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Teamsters local, doing forklift work in tough environment. Management has been dicking around the negotiating team for like more than half a year. Total garbage and a pittance of raise waging plus bad faith bargaining, including removing or vastly increasing medical insurance costs. The company lawyer told our union rep that they didn't think we'd get the votes for a strike. We had our vote for strike authorization for unfair labor practices yesterday. Number of people who voted no? 0. Get hosed.
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make it a party out there, fuckin a
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striking… folks it’s good, because it’s the only real weapon we have against capital
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Justin Credible posted:Teamsters local, doing forklift work in tough environment. Management has been dicking around the negotiating team for like more than half a year. Total garbage and a pittance of raise waging plus bad faith bargaining, including removing or vastly increasing medical insurance costs.  Which local?
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Justin Credible posted:Teamsters local, doing forklift work in tough environment. Management has been dicking around the negotiating team for like more than half a year. Total garbage and a pittance of raise waging plus bad faith bargaining, including removing or vastly increasing medical insurance costs. Hell yeah
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Dunking on the company lawyer is a top 10 good time feeling hell ya
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Justin Credible posted:Teamsters local, doing forklift work in tough environment. Management has been dicking around the negotiating team for like more than half a year. Total garbage and a pittance of raise waging plus bad faith bargaining, including removing or vastly increasing medical insurance costs. hell yeah. remember that striking is an ACTIVE thing; one of my biggest regrets is not organizing better picket lines, reaching out to orgs, other unions, and media etc, my union didn’t do poo poo and when I talked to a city councilwoman later she had no idea we went on strike and was like “oh I totally would have been at the picket line if I had known” don’t assume your union reps will do anything for you! also, ask if you can sit in on bargaining, bring as many people into that room as you can
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Thanks all. Yeah they're pretty on point since the writing has been on the wall for months now. We got leverage with that vote to negotiate a decent contract, it is highly unlikely the company could survive even a week long strike due to our customers and accounts who's parent companies would pull the plug on their facilities here if production dropped/stopped.
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I finally landed a job, and it's unionized as well. I hope I'll be able to get more involved once I start working.
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I'm halfway through the Organizing for Power online training, hosted by Jane McAlevey and other organizers. If you get an opportunity to do it, it's six 2-hour sessions with group work and practice in between. Best of all, it's free. https://www.rosalux.de/en/o4p It's been super helpful to help reframe your thinking from top-down to bottom-up and getting the workers on board to take action. We had a great example of bottom-up action and results earlier in the COVID crisis and really want to bring that force back to bargaining that's coming up in the next 18 months.
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Lmao. My company's last best offer is 4% raise. Where the median where I live is 5-7/hr above their offer, which is also close to the averages for my sort of work in my state. They already have scabs they flew in from out of state, enough to replace us all, and are currently paying them a fixed rate for 3 months no matter what happens. Assumedly putting them up in a hotel too. And are winding up to eat huge fines from their customers for lost production. All of these measures are far more expensive than just giving us a 4-5k/yr raise. Oh and the CEO is a Christian too of course. But we are just scum to be hated. This isn't intimidating anyone here and is just making us more amped to strike. I love it.
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Justin Credible posted:Lmao. My company's last best offer is 4% raise. Where the median where I live is 5-7/hr above their offer, which is also close to the averages for my sort of work in my state. gently caress them boys
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check out how good this poo poo is. a day is in view when every “progressive” campaign and nonprofit is organized by default, it can’t come soon enough to make campaign work sustainable https://twitter.com/MiddleSeatUnion/status/1403473855566450690
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gonna put this in the OP as well, DSA and some unions collaborated on this how-to of workplace organizing. read it! https://workerorganizing.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ewoc-organizing-guide.pdf this spcifically is a big ol lol from me 
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That's the least challenging bingo card ever. I'd get like quadruple bingo from one meeting
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 new kim kelly about striking coal miners in Alabama https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/alabama-warrior-met-coal/
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put that bingo card to use y'all https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/business/media/new-yorker-union.html quote:And unlike organizers in the 1930s, the NewsGuild has social media. It never rains on a Twitter picket line. Writers who are skeptical of the union’s tactics — some told me they object to its confrontational social media style — have bitten their tongues or deleted critical tweets. In one recent Zoom call, writers even complained to Mr. Remnick of their fears of being bullied on Twitter if they diverge from union talking points.
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the New Yorker union has a strike issue coming out soon, and it’s gonna be real good
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:the New Yorker union has a strike issue coming out soon, and it’s gonna be real good yeah i'm vvvv excited it's so telling that the people they choose as writers- the people whose political opinions readers actually get- are those on the anti-union side. probably just coincidence!
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threatening strikes works, folks https://twitter.com/newyorkerunion/status/1405281717804355584
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“Setback for Unions”: Farmworkers Fought to Allow Unions Access During Breaks. Supreme Court Says No.quote:The Supreme Court has ruled 6 to 3 that a California labor law violated the constitutional rights of property owners by giving union organizers access to workers on privately owned farms during their work breaks. The union-busting decision strikes down a crucial part of a landmark 1975 labor law that was the United States’ first to recognize agricultural workers’ rights to collective bargaining and grew out of efforts by the United Farm Workers to demand better pay and working conditions for California’s agricultural workers. “This ruling is a setback for unions, for workers’ rights,” says Camila Chávez, executive director of the Dolores Huerta Foundation.
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There's a simple way around that: get a job at the farm and start talking union rhetoric.
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Couple weeks ago we did a day and change ULP strike. They didn't get the message. We came back because they said they would negotiate with a federal mediator. Which they refused to meet with along with the union today. We worked for 1 hour, now we are on an extended strike. What a bunch of clowns. Teamster solidarity baby.
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Justin Credible posted:Couple weeks ago we did a day and change ULP strike. They didn't get the message. We came back because they said they would negotiate with a federal mediator. hell loving yea gogogogogo
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gently caress federal mediators though reneg and say ‘welp, now we do it our way’
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Justin Credible posted:Couple weeks ago we did a day and change ULP strike. They didn't get the message. We came back because they said they would negotiate with a federal mediator. is there some social media about this so we can boost/contribute to strike funds?
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