I thought it might helpful to get a beginner’s perspective since people struggle so much with figuring out how to get started and imagining the first steps

  • sgtlion [any]
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    3 years ago

    Awesome. How did you start getting people on board? Sometimes find my fellow workers apathetic to the very concept of unions, though I might just be boring.

    • Nakoichi [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      I started by asking coworkers I'm close with about their pay and telling them its illegal in California to tell employees not to discuss their wages.

    • wobbly_noob [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      We have a lot of people who already have one foot out the door due to changes in management. Pointing out how badly they’ve handled things and letting them see that everyone else is feeling that same tension helps a lot. Material conditions and all that are right, I guess