This is the year of labor. We have had some very good wins, but now the work begins for the big fight in 2028 when a lot of the contracts expire at midnight on May Day, May 30. On this day we, labor people, could pull off a nationwide strike to get a four-day work week with full pay, healthcare with no out of pocket costs, better pensions and a universal basic income for those who fall through the cracks.
This can be paid for by the mega millionaires and billionaires.
These money hoarders need to pony up and pay their fair share instead of getting on their ponies and riding off to one of their tax havens.
To counter the rich, we must elect labor-friendly people from the bottom up who will tax the greedy, instead of taking their “political contributions.”
Volkswagen recently had a union vote. The final tally was 2,628 in favor of a union, 985 against. What the hell is wrong with these 985 workers? This is where organizers could begin their unionizing by educating workers on labor history.
Begin slowly by running educational advertisements on television, billboards, newspaper, radio and online to counteract the GOP/ conservative talking points and the stubborn need by antiunion workers to vote against their own best interest. It's time to take the fight to the stubborn.
Organizers could consult with psychiatrists, psychologists and behaviorists to understand why these people are making their lives harder by being without the support and representation of a union, and to learn how to counteract this mentality. They could learn ways on how to better convince these people that they are hurting themselves while they’re enriching the uberwealthy as a result of denying themselves.
Also, Unions need to be prepared as the GOP is establishing laws that just about shuts down protests. Labor has to use the ‘hands in the pockets’ protest where workers put their hands in their pockets bringing work to a standstill.
This is why we must get the contracts as close together as we can get to May 30 at midnight as can be, which would make this a game changer for all workers, union or nonunion for all would be raised up.
In 2026 unions worldwide must educate and expand their memberships or face certain death. We need to educate our workers to understand that the republican party does not care about, does not deserve their support or votes and only cares about the billionaires. The GOP is their enemy and not their friends. The GOP and billionaires are the workers’ enemy. They want the workers’ sweat and blood for as cheap as they can get it. These greedy people and their insatiable appetite for more leaving us with much less will not stop until we’re forced to work for scraps and fighting each other for the pittance. They will not invite you to golf with them or go hunting or to dinner with them. In fact, they are always in pursuit of ways to destroy our unions and the way of life we’ve obtain by being union. One way they are doing this is to use the court system, especially the lop-sided Supreme Court, to take away our union rights and to get more states to vote for The Right to Work, which leaves work...
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