I've been trying to organize the grocery store I work at for months now. People are happy to complain about work, pay, management, etc. I barely even have to agitate. Some of them are even open to the idea of unionizing. When I ask them if they'd be able to help it all fucking falls apart though. I can't even get people to do basic shit like help me make a list of the people in their department or to ask people they know what they think of unions.

There are 200ish people in the store. I can't befriend every single one of them. How do I get people to put something towards the effort? The only thing I can think of is to start being mean about it, because I'm trying not to be pushy, but at this point I don't see another option. Like telling people I don't really care about their issues if they don't care enough to help me fix them. I don't have high hopes for it though.

Do any of you have experience with this sort of thing? Am I missing something? How do you get people to actually contribute to improving their situation?