The saddest thing I saw was young people refusing to sign the union card. We are a Right to Work state, so they don’t have to pay the dues to receive union benefits. This starves unions, which contributes to the toothless-ness.
Like I said, it was so sad to see. I tried talking to them, but they wouldn’t do it. They need every penny. I can’t fault them for that. Regardless of anything else, that’s how we see it in a plant. Maximizing your checks because the pay isn’t enough.
I’m sure that I am preaching to the choir here. But I want this up for people who’ve never known the life, to see how it is.
All good friend; we do agree and it really sucks that it’s so difficult to get people to support their own best interest if it costs them in a tangible way (even if the benefits are exponentially more impactful).
This is an education thing and we are fighting a lot of anti-union propaganda, here and everywhere. We see people lose their jobs over joining.
Who can blame them not wanting to sign up?
Union leaders need to fight fire with -water-. They need an unyielding stream of information to fight the fanned flames of disinformation and anti-union propaganda going out to perspective members, and that’s… unfortunately just not generally practical.
I don’t really have a solution, I’m sorry, but I am absolutely behind yours and every other union. I will support you all with every breath in my body, for whatever that’s worth.
We agree on many things.
The saddest thing I saw was young people refusing to sign the union card. We are a Right to Work state, so they don’t have to pay the dues to receive union benefits. This starves unions, which contributes to the toothless-ness.
Like I said, it was so sad to see. I tried talking to them, but they wouldn’t do it. They need every penny. I can’t fault them for that. Regardless of anything else, that’s how we see it in a plant. Maximizing your checks because the pay isn’t enough.
I’m sure that I am preaching to the choir here. But I want this up for people who’ve never known the life, to see how it is.
All good friend; we do agree and it really sucks that it’s so difficult to get people to support their own best interest if it costs them in a tangible way (even if the benefits are exponentially more impactful).
This is an education thing and we are fighting a lot of anti-union propaganda, here and everywhere. We see people lose their jobs over joining.
Who can blame them not wanting to sign up?
Union leaders need to fight fire with -water-. They need an unyielding stream of information to fight the fanned flames of disinformation and anti-union propaganda going out to perspective members, and that’s… unfortunately just not generally practical.
I don’t really have a solution, I’m sorry, but I am absolutely behind yours and every other union. I will support you all with every breath in my body, for whatever that’s worth.