Workers are still unionizing their workplaces so here is a shoutout to the nurses at the University Medical Center, a private hospital in New Orleans and the only level-one trauma center.
The nurses held a one-day strike, but had been bargaining with the hospital for eight months regarding workplace concerns, such as safety and more money.
There are about 600 nurses, considered the backbone of all hospitals, working at UMC. All of our unions should be giving them our support in any way that helps them succeed.
If the election doesn’t go blue, this type of worker protests could very well end if the election goes red.
This year with our president’s and vice president’s support of unions, there have been some big wins for labor. If we lose, the National Labor Relations Board will be eliminated and all states will become right to work states, which is the kiss of death to unions.
Today, twenty-seven states have right to work laws, which prohibits union contracts. Right to work is a new term for slave labor, as employees will have no work place protections, no pensions, healthcare, and could conceivably lead to the demise of Social Security.
In order to keep what we have and obtain what we, workers, want, such as minimum wage increase, healthcare for all, four-day work week, we have to keep the GOP out of office. Vote blue up and down the ballot.
If you know someone who wants to unionize their workplace, refer them to https://unionizecalifornia.org/ or https://calaborfed.org/
We have an election in two months, where the hell are the building Trade Unions? Members and organizers should be touting their wages, benefits and seeking out new members and union shops. So far, I’m only hearing crickets. While the Trade Unions sit back, the UAW have been striking and winning big benefits for their members. Then there is the Teamsters, who have taken on the Holy Grail—Amazon, the corporation. Again, just crickets from the Trade Unions. Then there is the Minnesota State model—-we can win more together than we can on our own. So why are all unions not working together? Why are all unions not talking with each other? There are two months left until the election—an election that could conceivably be the death null of unions. If we lose this election to the GOP, Trump and Project 2025, our unions will be destroyed and we’ll be back to the days of trying to make ends meet as the GOP will cut our wages, benefits will be eliminated and there will be nothing we can do abou...
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