A friend is looking for Union literature that is easily digestible to hang in the break room of his employer. It’s a Fortune 500 retail company, this location employs around 100 people, and at least half have been talking in hushed tones in the break room about unionizing.
In looking around I can’t seem to find any posters or infographics that would help debunk myths or just get a conversation started.
I’m thinking easy to print 8.5x11 poster type stuff to hang in the break room.
Is there a resource anywhere for stuff like this?
Also not sure which comm to post this in, tell me if I should cross post to others. Thanks.
Hanging up union info in the break room is like sending HR and the CEO an email that you and others are thinking of forming a union. It would be strategically better to organize amongst your coworkers and let the bosses know as little as possible!
Maybe see if you can organize a meeting with a larger group of like minded employees to discuss things further instead?
You should check out this com! It's more active and has a couple of good threads with resources that might serve your needs.
https://hexbear.net/c/labour
Godspeed comrade.
Picked this one out of the list because I know it has some good simple agitprop right on the nose.
https://www.labornotes.org/secrets/handouts
Would work great but when submitting it says they are “sold out” of the poster kits
You can still download the files and take them to Kinkos or whatever
Searched around on their site already… can’t really find much, which is disappointing.
I hope that I'm not telling you anything new but...
Those that are talking at work in hushed tones should try to meet in small groups outside of work to discuss things. Keep the groups small with roughly the same people in them, if possible. Once they've got a handle on talking points, elevator pitches, responses to potential criticisms from other employees, and legal stuff they can slowly increase the number of people in the group. Builds trust within the group, keeps everybody on the same page, hopefully keeps infiltrators and lose lipped comrades to a minimum.
From what I've heard from podcasts talking to labor organizers, think of it as a marathon and not a sprint. Do your best to not let management know what is going on until you've got confidence that a majority of the workers will be for a union enough to vote yes. If they catch a whiff of your efforts before the majority opinion of the workers is to vote for the union, its much easier for management to start finding ways to pick off worker's support individually.
