For the last twenty to thirty years, labor fell victim to cultural amnesia. However, labor is seeing a resurgence as it remembers what strong unions can do. Labor is back in a big way, and we are winning with public support.
It’s looking like the stars have come in line for labor is kicking ass. We cannot slow down and we must go for the big things, like a four-day work week with same pay, healthcare for all, free education to a bachelor’s degree or a trade school, child care and elder care. These are things commonly provided to workers in other counties.
We must get most of our contracts to end on April 1 at 12 in 2025. Brothers and sisters, this is real power and we will use it to labor’s benefit. We must build hardcore unions and then fight to get these rights enshrined into law, if not the Constitution.
To do this, we have unionize workers;
Then we have to educate these employees about unions, and how to keep them;
Educate them about the importance of voting and voting for those who support workers and unions,
Teach them what a strike is, how to prepare for and win a strike,
Save money for a strike fund,
Elect the best people to run their unions,
Attend all your union meetings and volunteer when there is a need in your union.
If we can get workers to do these things we will have a smart and disciplined army of union people who will be ready to win all of labors needs for a good life.
Now please consider this:
According to Steven Haddock, LL.B.(Bachelor of Laws), ‘When the Americans left Germany after WWII, they made sure this provision was in their constitution: “Article 9 (Freedom of Association) … (3) The right to form associations to safeguard and improve working and economic conditions is guaranteed to everyone and to all trades and professions. Agreements which restrict or seek to hinder this right are null and void measures directed to this end are illegal.”
Most European countries have something similar.
‘FDR wanted to put a similar provision in the U.S. Constitution, but never got around to it.
‘As such, labor rights in the U.S. are largely left up to the states. All states allow unions, but most also have provisions that make it illegal to exclude someone from a workplace if they aren’t a member of a union. That has created a massive free ride problem where people who don’t pay union dues still get union wages, but eventually that weakens the union and winds up giving them no leverage.
‘There’s also a big cultural difference.
‘Wal-Mart is notoriously anti-union and that didn’t go over well in Germany. In Germany, employees are seen as partners. Many large firms in Germany have boards of directors where half the board members are employees.
‘In American workplaces, management and workers have an adversarial relationship which carries over to wages.
Now ask yourself, why there but not here?
‘If you mistreat your employees in most European countries, people just won’t want to do business with you.’
Unions’ long game is to get all union contracts to expire on the same day nationwide. The United Auto Workers combines contracts ends on April 28, 2028. This could then result in a mass national strike starting on May Day beeginning that year. This could then put enormous pressure on employers, but also on lawmakers. It’s the muscle and sweat of the workers that keeps this country great, not the individual company or corporations. This May Day strike would be the time to change the workers’ world for the better by negotiating for a 32-hour week with the same pay, and the U.S. adopts a healthcare for all with no out of pocket costs. This would also help the employers as they would no longer have to provide healthcare. By striking, the UAW won same pay for new workers, all UAW contracts will end on the same date, a 25-percent pay increase, a cost of living adjustments, a guaranteed right to strike over potential plant closures, and also the right to vote to unionize through the card che...
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