U.S. workers used to take home about two-thirds of the money generated by their labor.

Now, they’re getting just a little bit over half.

Workers can and should get more of the value they produce.
marketplace.org/2024/04/12/wor…

ICYMI: Mercedes-Benz subjected its workers in Alabama to captive-audience meetings after they filed for an election to join the UAW. It's only energizing many — “One of the guys in my shop that is on the fence told me we gained votes from that meeting”: bit.ly/3TZ3DHk

Unions help all workers.

On average, the 17 U.S. states with the highest union densities have median annual incomes $6,000 higher than the national average.

Every worker deserves a union!!!!

Yesterday may have been #NationalPetDay , but it's never too late to celebrate the good picket line pups & pets who know  #ItsBetterInAUnion !

With every passing day, workers have less of a voice at Google. The only way to reverse this trend is to unionize.

nytimes.com/2024/04/08/tec…

'Unfortunately, it seems to me that SpaceX & Starbucks would rather spend their money initiating court litigation rather than improving their workers’ lives.' NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo with the mic drop. 👏 theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

ahem

~600 unionized Eaze cannabis delivery drivers & depot staff across CA could go on strike next week, ahead of 420; negotiations stalled over wages & mileage reimbursement rate. drivers say they r losing $300-$700 per month after Eaze slashed rate last year latimes.com/business/story…

“It’s been unsettling to observe tech companies in the past two years pursuing mass layoffs despite record profits, I believe in part to silence a growing trend of tech workers mobilizing.”

fortune.com/2024/04/06/tec…

Things not to glamorize:

-billionaires
-'the grind'

Things to glamorize:

-one job being enough
-job benefits
-management that understands we have lives outside of work
-unions

What the company doesn’t seem to understand is that the more they mess around with us, the more fired up we get about our cause

Let's be clear: Access to groceries should never be a 'splurge.'

One job should be enough to put food on the table.

A “widely-liked boss who prefers to manage by consensus” is not exactly how we think of Sundar Pichai.

Did he achieve consensus with the 12k workers he laid off from Google in the last year?

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#OrganizeToday

Joining a union is essentially saying you’re ready to throw down for any worker, even a stranger, and you know without having to ask that they’ve made the same promise to you. Metal as hell, everyone should do it

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Ohhh, who will think of the billionaires at this crucial time!

Americans have lost over 7000% more than that in stolen wages. 🤷‍♀️