Working America is the political organizing wing of the AFL-CIO (aka the U.S.’s biggest federation of workers unions) and has consistently since 2007 advocated for universal healthcare, along with other progressive causes such as increased minimum wage, and encouraged people (especially the working class) to vote for union-backed candidates. But lol guillotine meme I guess.
the whole twitter thread is full of people sharing their screenshots of getting this text and being like “lol, guilllotines” and even when the volunteers humor them and try to get them engaged and thinking about specific solutions they won’t, it’s just people showing off that they don’t actually give a shit
Hi everyone,
As a union organizer, i want to echo what is said above and I want you all to know this isn’t funny. We’re just trying to do our jobs and (because it’s election season) are working well over 40 hours a week phone banking, texting, and wishing we could be in the field so we don’t have to deal with twitter-finger slacktivists.
We use a mass texting app and will opt you out if you waste our time with this shit. Some organizers will avoid opting you Demons out because they want to encourage the youth to vote and participate. Mutual aid and direct action are necessary, but trolling people who have a job to try and get people engaged to vote or phone bank for a certain policy isn’t activism, it’s just harassing us.
