Funny how there’s an inverse correlation between the decline in #Unions & wage increases & the rise in #Billionaires & #CorporateWelfare ..

Funny how there’s an inverse correlation between the decline in #Unions & wage increases & the rise in #Billionaires & #CorporateWelfare ..
Post of hope, for the day. For the eight hour day. For the week. For the weekend (insert Maggie Smith as Dowager countess/Frederick Douglass mashup quote here - what, to a [fill in the gap] is a weekend?)
“Ski Patrol Unions Won Contracts. Now Comes the Hard Part.” — Teton Gravity Research
“Local 32BJ SEIU announces plan to boost membership among security guards in NYC” — ny1
I belong to a librarian's union. So far, it's gotten us better disability benefits from our employer. We're still negotiating other possible benefits. We organized less than a year ago.
#laborunions #unions #workersunited #joinaunion #supportunions #organizeaunion
Did you know that 71% of Americans approve of labor #unions?
(Surprising new Gallup pole.)
“Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Colorado’s Jessica Killin for Election to U.S. House” — AFGE
Unions BUILT the middle class, providing higher wages, safer workplaces, and real dignity on the job…and I know that firsthand from my own union background.
Working families only get a fair deal when they can stand together, which is why corporations try to tear organized labor down.
“Union lawsuit challenges Trump rules that harm federal workers” — afscme
“Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Three Rhode Island Incumbents for Reelection to Congress” — AFGE
September 8.
On this day in 1947, unions won us Aussies... the weekend.👍
A 40-hour work week was squished into Monday to Friday and the weekend was born. And if you worked weekends, they also got you those penalty rates.
If your employer is anti-union... you will never win fairness.