What Do You Deserve?

The survival of American democracy requires the existence of a flourishing union work force. In a survey, 68 percent of Americans approve of labor unions. So, as an old sheet metal organizer, I say we need to go all out in organizing while the soldering iron is hot, to use a sheet metal workers tool. We should organize all workers no matter where or what kind of work they do. All workers have the right to belong to a union and all should support each other. If you, in your work place, do not know how to form a union, then do what Napoleon’s military adopted adage, ‘Jump into the battle and then figure it out.’ One of the best ways to organize is worker to worker and plan it out over a meal or coffee and talk to other union workers to see what would work best for you and also what unions are winning at this time. Just go for it. When things are in disarray, like the shit show in Washington, D.C., they might not even know what you are doing until it is too late for them to push back against your union ambitions. Another area to be cognizant of is workers who have been brained washed into thinking they don’t need or want a union. Their ignorance is going to have to be reprogrammed to understand how much they are being denied and how much they deserved what a union can help them get. Workers deserve more than what they're settling for. Don’t give up on your fight for a union, you, your family and coworkers deserve a better life. Fight for a good living wage, you shouldn’t have to do without while many bosses are buying yachts and you can’t afford a canoe. Check with the Service Employees International if you need help or advice.