I know about half a dozen people who work at a healthcare company that overnight monitors individuals with serious health concerns, issues that could hurt the patients and bystanders if not monitored. They have to work 8 to 10 hour shifts, and deal with a turnover that makes full staffing difficult.
On top of this, their wages are abysmal, less than $15 an hour for what is an incredibly essential job. Althougy their small firm was recently bought by a larger one, their current office hires less than two dozen workers.
I would like to help these people, by getting my closest of friends, a lefty, in touch with someone affiliated with labor that could offer them actual options. I dont know who to reach out to, so I figured to start here
I would strongly recommend contacting an existing health care union (like the several big ones that are on strike right now in Massachusetts and California iirc) over the IWW, because frankly most of their chapters don't know how to organize big union drives, especially in specialized industries like health care. If you want something to read, read Jane McAlevey's book.
My friend is 100% on board, we just dont know good ways to get ahold of unions. We're not a right to work state. If things get serious, I'll hire on as a worker and help them get the votes they'd need. If an IWW member on here who has experience unionizing, I'd love to talk to them
It really depends where you are, but you'll only find out whether the wobs can help if you reach out.
Towards the bottom of the page on https://iww.org/ you can find a form to get in contact with one of their external organizers, but if you can find the contact info for your local branch that's probably a better way to reach out.
I would strongly recommend at least kicking the tires there before you call a traditional business union. It's more work than professionalized organizing, but you get more power as a result.