I never understood how this was supposed to work. My job isn’t a “union shop” so I have to quit? There’s no way in hell this factory in Trumpville NY is going to get behind the idea of unionizing.
That’s cause you’re not going going form an “union”. You are going to form a “The True Patriots” or “The Fighters of Freedom” or “Drain the Swamp: Company Edition” or whatever conservative jargon that gets buy in.
It’s a weird circumstance that this organization does everything an union does.
I like this idea! “Hey guys sign here so we can create the Anti-Woke Group! We just have to have meetings that discuss business and nothing woke, that’s how we win against woke!”
“Don’t you all think it’s woke that we can’t get insurance? or a pension? I don’t know about you but I think it’s pretty DEI that the boss is making all this money and we’re down here busting our balls doing all work. Sounds like me the boss is living off the welfare that our labor provides.”
No, in my understanding you basically convince as many co-workers as possible to join the union together. Ideally the majority, but essentially you just need enough that they can’t fire and replace you all overnight… Which means, it has to be enough that the rest of the staff can’t cover for the union members for a few weeks or months without drastically slowing things down
You could probably reach out to a relevant union rep to get more info- there’re legal processes to help with this, like protected voting if enough people want to join a union or not, that probably varies by where you live and I only know the basics
I didn’t want to be too specific, just to say everyone here is super conservative so I’m assuming my only option if I wanted to be part of a union that could do anything for me would be to leave this job for one where the workers are on board with having a union.
I’m completely ignorant to the process though which was why I asked.
Google AFL/CIO and your local town. Reach out to them with what your industry is, and anyone who is also interested in a union. They’ll get back to you with either materials or a local rep that can guide you through the process. If after you’ve emailed you get a response feel free to reach out to me here and I can show you how to take the next steps, it’s usually a communication network for your co workers. I can help out with some pointers if you like, after you get an email chain going.
I never understood how this was supposed to work. My job isn’t a “union shop” so I have to quit? There’s no way in hell this factory in Trumpville NY is going to get behind the idea of unionizing.
That’s cause you’re not going going form an “union”. You are going to form a “The True Patriots” or “The Fighters of Freedom” or “Drain the Swamp: Company Edition” or whatever conservative jargon that gets buy in.
It’s a weird circumstance that this organization does everything an union does.
I like this idea! “Hey guys sign here so we can create the Anti-Woke Group! We just have to have meetings that discuss business and nothing woke, that’s how we win against woke!”
“Don’t you all think it’s woke that we can’t get insurance? or a pension? I don’t know about you but I think it’s pretty DEI that the boss is making all this money and we’re down here busting our balls doing all work. Sounds like me the boss is living off the welfare that our labor provides.”
No, in my understanding you basically convince as many co-workers as possible to join the union together. Ideally the majority, but essentially you just need enough that they can’t fire and replace you all overnight… Which means, it has to be enough that the rest of the staff can’t cover for the union members for a few weeks or months without drastically slowing things down
You could probably reach out to a relevant union rep to get more info- there’re legal processes to help with this, like protected voting if enough people want to join a union or not, that probably varies by where you live and I only know the basics
What? Why would you quit? Where is Trumpville?
I didn’t want to be too specific, just to say everyone here is super conservative so I’m assuming my only option if I wanted to be part of a union that could do anything for me would be to leave this job for one where the workers are on board with having a union.
I’m completely ignorant to the process though which was why I asked.
Google AFL/CIO and your local town. Reach out to them with what your industry is, and anyone who is also interested in a union. They’ll get back to you with either materials or a local rep that can guide you through the process. If after you’ve emailed you get a response feel free to reach out to me here and I can show you how to take the next steps, it’s usually a communication network for your co workers. I can help out with some pointers if you like, after you get an email chain going.