California is first in labor again.
Unions are back and have been driven by the low wage fast food worker. They fought hard for $15 an hour and it looks like, with the new California fast food law. They could be looking at $22 an hour, and a chance to unionize the enter fast food industry.
Next step would be healthcare, pensions and vacation.
If this happens California, the next states are Florida, Texas, New York and Idaho. In California, there are a half million fast food workers. This law targets bonafide abuses, but also furthers unions’ goals of collective bargaining with the entire industry instead of trying to organize fast food restaurants one at a time.
Workers are now thinking about what is best for their families and are willing to fight for them and joining or forming a union is the best way, and the more that do the more will join for all like to be on the side of the winning team.
But California unions now need to go out into the country. We have the large cities, but have lost the north and east side of California to the nonunion people. So now is the time for the AFL/CIO to work together with the fast food, Starbucks, and Amazon to have a union.
Begin with a campaign including commercials on the benefits of unions, the history of unions, the pride of unions, the quality of work from union workers and the better lifestyle gained from unions. Use the media young people use, like TikTok with brief yet informative videos educating, informing and motivating the young workers to fight for what's in their best interests.
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