Secret Union Tactic Fuels Unprecedented Labor Wins

[@ansh51]

I always wondered how do people figure out how to organize unions. So happy to hear something like this exists.

[@Unisaur64]

The Industrial Workers of the World union runs training for anyone who wants to learn how to organise a union in their workplace, it's called Organiser Training 101, or OT101.

[@Dayanto]

It is crazy to me that the US doesn't even have something as basic as freedom of association. The fact that you need to get past all these hurdles to even be _allowed_ to exercise your individual human right to join an organization is wild. This is something that anyone should be able to just do whenever they want to. Why should someone else have veto power over your choice on whether or not to be a member? That is straight up authoritarian.

[@nnhk0056]

It is authoritarian, no one should have that power. Including the unions that then mandate joining them upon being hired as a condition of employment.

[@saviorself1164]

Mandating new hires to join the union is what gives the union its strength. Not allowing that mandate is one of the pillars of Right to Work, which is one of the things that has crippled labor unions. Not all companies need a union. My company, for instance, treats us pretty well. However, the companies that have been unionized were unionized for a reason and without all of the employees belonging to the union, the union itself is weakened. Unions are a show of solidarity for employees vs employers. Without that solidarity, the employees are going to be walked all over

[@augustoliver2779]

Unions are important

[@esgee3829]

seems like the ability to salt a company is dependent upon being able to recruit young people to relatively entry-level roles. could be harder to salt into any role requiring more skill/experience/education, no? actually would be more interesting to see how salting is accomplished in companies hiring for mostly for more skilled roles. also, did you know average retirement age in china is LOWER (much lower actually) than in france?

[@saviorself1164]

More skilled roles are usually on the management side. The people in the entry level positions are the ones in most need for a union.

[@esgee3829]

@@saviorself1164 manufacturing, health care, gas and oil etc all have lots of skilled among non-manager and could benefit from unionizing with pressures on pay and benefits. i'm not thinking about retail consumer product goods

[@saviorself1164]

@@esgee3829 You are right. I didn't really think about other fields. I guess I just focused on the retail employees. The others you mentioned (minus health care workers IMO) are definitely fields that need a union, especially oil field workers. They are paid well, but they are also worked to death. My wife is a nurse and it would be difficult for me to see the need for a union in a field that allows you to work anywhere in the world, basically name your salary AND make your own schedule. Doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, x-ray techs, physical therapists, etc. They are all pretty well taken care of. I realize you did not ever mention anything about who needs a union. You just would like to see how salting works in companies that look for more skilled workers and as far as that goes, I'm kinda curious to see how that works myself

[@picklesandcheese25]

I’m an entry-level engineer at a company where MGMT is old fashioned in labor relations and medium, but growing quickly. Every one of my engineer coworkers dislikes management’s strategies and their lies but it’s frustrating how hard it is to detach ourselves from our middle management which also hate their job but will always bow to our common boss.

[@Tochinoki]

Germany is a great example of how business and unions can work well together.

[@YoSmoked]

To the person reading this: Even though I don’t know you, I wish you the best of what life has to offer ❤

[@conwaymj88]

I may or may not have committed mass atrocities... Thank you for your kind words.

[@willyjoerockhead]

Thank you for allowing comments. KZbin hates freedom of speech

[@deforged]

these kids are true American heroes

[@sepilokfui]

it also means us as a developed nation has been treating the general labour force so badly that laborers do not even have the basic benefit like health insurance, paid holidays, etc...

[@ProletarianPower]

Bernie. "Rebuilding the middle class" is an embracing of class disparity. Fighting to create a labor aristocracy that sits above the rest of the working class. We need a working class revolution. A world run by the workers for the workers.

[@ZeroxZerkx]

go union

[@rajanmithrau6019]

Wonderful!! Go Unions🎉

[@hbt5427]

Great video!

[@djp1234]

Back when America was "great" unions were everywhere. People could afford a house without a college degree.

[@blackworldtraveler3711]

Didn’t need a union to do that.

[@nickcheema907]

this is fantastic news! Hopefully this results in much higher prices at SBUX

[@YoungWilliamO]

In the United States, workers have the right to engage in "protected concerted activity" (such as collective bargaining, strikes, protesting working conditions, etc.) with or without a union. And you can't get fired or disciplined for exercising those rights. I would rather take my chances on my own, or with my co-workers who actually want to be there with me, than trust these professional liars . . . they have their own motivations and those motivations aren't about helping me do my job. If they are willing and able to lie their way into a job that has application processes and requirements, do you really think they won't lie to you? Sheesh. If you want a union, be about it upfront and be prepared for people to agree or disagree with your position. Why are we turning into a nation of decepticons?

[@Th3Watch3r]

Summoning Salt type Unionizing?

[@yt650]

Because I’ve never been to Starbucks, and I have no intentions of going there, they can charge any price they want, and they can pay any wage that they want or negotiate with the union. In my particular area, I know the person that owns the commercial property where they are located. He has indicated that Starbucks is not renewing their lease and not going to be moving anywhere else, they’re going to be closing that at that location. How’s that going to work out for everyone?

[@Nice_Fella]

It'll work out just fine, people will go to smaller or local shops for coffee.

[@yt650]

@@Nice_Fella That’s what I do now and what most of my friends do as well. I Dunkin’ Donuts apparently is taking a fair amount of business from these people in my location.

[@yt650]

@@Nice_Fella Based on some information, I just looked up, they are joining “Workers United” a derivative of SEIU. The workers don’t realize this, but they are being unionized not for their benefit. Starbucks company will just add more cost onto the product to cover whatever was bargained for. The union organization, and the people that run it are the ones who are going to benefit. Of course, is this is not the kind of a job working at Starbucks, following a recipe making coffee most people want to do. Who would do this for a career? Based on the information that I’ve gotten from others, Starbucks product is first class, and the workers do their job very well. It gets down to whether or not competition, offering the same kind of product not unionized can take some of their business away.

[@Th3Watch3r]

​@@yt650 you hit the nail right on the head my friend. I was about to comment something similar, but you beat me to it. Bravo.

[@joshuaphillips755]

😂 this video is Bloomberg, salting? Remember kids, Unions don't rub shoulders with suits - those are clubs. Your rep is all about you, always - or you're just in a club.

[@q9r8s7t6u5v4w3x2y1z0]

they are so young

[@felineboy1586]

They really need to litigate individual cafes as franchises with franchise holder bieng the employer

[@Davethreshold]

If hired under false pretenses, they should be able to be fired under honest pretenses.

[@evankelley1204]

What’s the false pretense?

[@Davethreshold]

@@evankelley1204 That they are there to do their job and help said company. That is not what they are there for. I am PRO-UNION, but this is extreme.

[@kristensorensen2219]

$5+ for coffee🤔is 🌰s!

[@BartAnderson_writer]

Encouraging

[@julienlamoureux1284]

Being proud of lying is gross.

[@todtnau]

oh my sweet summer child..

[@julienlamoureux1284]

Lol :)

[@toma768]

All these jobs soon or later will be replaced by machine. All these workers should spend time to improve themselves and learn a skill. Sorry to see that more they do in unionization, the quicker their job will be replaced by machine. If you go overseas, people are now ordering through “panel” and robot arm is making coffee.

[@Unisaur64]

Employers will always try to replace workers, regardless of unionisation. What is the point of a job if you can't live on the wage?

[@toma768]

@@Unisaur64 yes, Corp. will replace jobs by machine to improve productivity. Union drives the cost higher and makes the Corp. more likely to replace the human job. “Living wage” - this was a question my parent mentioned to me when I was in school. They told me to make sure I have and learn a new skill or profession at all time. Every time when I saw young people working on min. Wage “no skill” job, I am sad. People get charged hundred and thousand of dollars on home and car repair, why people are not going into these living wage job.

[@Unisaur64]

@@toma768 I will repeat: What is the point of a job if you can't live on the wage?

[@Unisaur64]

​@@toma768 If a boss needs a worker to do a job, then that worker should be paid enough to live. I don't care if you think it's a "no skill" job or not. If you disagree with this, then you implicitly believe that some jobs are worth being done by a human, but those humans do not deserve to live.

[@toma768]

Go and find a job that you can live with. That is capitalism. When I was young, I end up to work 2 jobs (12 hours a day) did not buy a $5 cup coffee, cook myself and only ate chicken (can not afford beef), Still able to save and improve myself to get a better job. There are competitions among states and among countries. That is why we American lose all the jobs to China.

[@FA-ud8fy]

. 99¢ coffee,,, No talk about customers. Worry about customers 1st.

[@boomsuga]

Like the great Ty-pac said “it’s hard to tell the snakes from the fakes”