United we bargain; Divided we beg.

Keep calm and organize!

[sososo-solidarite]

State of the Union

I love unions, but: Is NOW really the time to unionize? In OUR industry?

[sososo-solidarite]

Stephen King (@StephenKing) tweeted at 7:55 a.m. on Fri., Aug. 30, 2019:

If you're working a 40-hour week (or less) and got a few bennies to go with, thank a union man or woman this Labor Day weekend. Tell em Uncle Stevie sent ya.

(https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1167420561024331776?s=03)

[doomtribble73]

[katthekonqueror]

As a matter of fact, if your employer fires you for anything relating to forming a union, that’s retalition, and it’s illegal under federal law. If this happens to you, vontact the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

EEOC’s Website

EEOC Frequently Asked Questions

Employee Rights and Responsibilities

Employer Rights and Responsibilities

How to get in touch with your local EEOC office

[allthecanadianpolitics]

This is a major issue in Canada too.

A&W Canada keeps a secret watchlist and adds franchises to that list if they border any store that is Unionized. A&W also basically calls an Emergency if they find out that a Union card is given to any employee:

A&W Tells Anti-Union Conference It Keeps a Secret ‘Watch List’ To Make Sure Workers Don’t Unionize

Tim Hortons franchises also cut hours, paid breaks and told its employees how to vote in an election when the minimum wage was raised to $14/hour:

https://allthecanadianpolitics.tumblr.com/post/169665380084/tim-hortons-owners-in-whitby-ontario-are-now

https://allthecanadianpolitics.tumblr.com/post/170778718204/tim-hortons-workers-in-kingston-ontario-at-the

https://allthecanadianpolitics.tumblr.com/post/169585863544/petition-tell-tim-hortons-stop-rolling-back

Here’s how to do something about this:

The Best Way to Stand Up to Your Power-Tripping Boss is to Unionize Your Workplace

And a tumblr post to share:

https://allthecanadianpolitics.tumblr.com/post/184103957229/the-best-way-to-stand-up-to-your-power-tripping

[sososo-solidarite]

A&W Tells Anti-Union Conference It Keeps a Secret ‘Watch List’ To Make Sure Workers Don’t Unionize

Fast food giants tell anti-union conference they monitor ‘high risk’ restaurants fearing the spread of unions in the service sector

[sososo-solidarite]

Delta told its workers to buy video games instead of unionizing

The seemingly union-busting tactics are cringeworthy, but they’re not unusual.

“Union dues cost around $700 a year. A new video game system with the latest hits sounds like fun. Put your money towards that instead of paying dues to the union.”

[sososo-solidarite]

[sososo-solidarite]

Direct Action Gets the GoodsA Brief Timeline of strikes in what is now known as Canada A text version of this timeline is in our book Direct Action Gets the Goods, as well as on the walls of the Cumberland Museum and Archives. The text was adapted by the Graphic History Collective from a list …

[nysaflcio]

We are in this fight together. #UnionStrong https://ift.tt/2Nk3nTT

[sososo-solidarite]

Being a union member is like being on a team. Everyone must participate for hte team to succeed. 

[thoughtportal]

Happy Labor Day. Today I learned about probably the first strike to happen IN SPACE.

[theweirdwideweb]

[sososo-solidarite]

“I always get pretty depressed when I see old union cartoons from the late 19th century that are still super relevant to today, like this one”

Image: Boss crushing worker in vice between low wages and high rent.

[sososo-solidarite]

Office Depot OfficeMax Labor Relations Training

Imgur

Presentation intending to instruct supervisors and managers to disallow staff from organizing/unionizing.

[sososo-solidarite]

[Sign: "women build the union" on large banner surrounded by smaller square patches]

Unifor Hall, Port Elgin, Ontario

[sososo-solidarite]

“You can sack us. You can outlaw us. But you will never defeat us. For you can never crush or destroy a belief - the right of all of us to be treated equality and fairly. And you can never take away our power - the power of unions - the simple act of working people deciding to stick together.” - ACTU Secretary Sally McManus

[nysaflcio]

Tuesday, June 26 is primary day for Congressional elections in NY. Hundreds of union members are out knocking doors today for #Labor18 kick off. Find out how you can help at nysaflcio.org/GetInvolved https://ift.tt/2KeCk70

[sososo-solidarite]

I’m Union, I Vote - Labour 2018

[sososo-solidarite]

Creating Solidarity (Museum of Vancouver)

CREATING SOLIDARITY

These images of workers' struggles in BC highlight four interconnected issues... Finally, these records remind us that political freedom requires economic equality. For workers, that rests on our ability, as the labour anthem "Solidarity Forever" puts it, "to organize and fight, for the union makes us strong."

Mark Leier Labour Historian Simon Fraser University

[sososo-solidarite]

If They Could Pay Us Less, They Would

The Minimum Wage is Under Attack

If They Could Pay Us Less, They Would - The Minimum Wage is Under Attack | Sam Wallman | thenib.com | Posted May 1st, 2017

[nysaflcio]

You should never apologize for fighting to improve the lives of workers! #UnionStrong #UnionProud https://ift.tt/2HQeI7i

[sososo-solidarite]

“I will never apologize for being union.”